We Are a Conspiracy: 56 Notes on Red
by anon (not verified)
Jun 10, 2025
From Black Ink
Because the history and practice of anarchism have been foundational to me—and because I’m aware of the toxicity of deadnames, the patriarchy embedded in surnames, and the trauma at the root of slavenames and government names—I have a high tolerance for anyone who, whatever the reason, changes their name. I read the shifting of Red’s name, over time, as a survival strategy; she was a Black woman in a country founded on, among other things, the abuse and erasure of Black women.