Written by Marian Yesufu👄 aka naughty Marian Y’all’s dicks are gonna get us annexed. That is the whole TED Talk. By China. By Russia. Spin the globe. Surprise. We lost. So welcome to the United States of Prussia. Same flag. New daddy. Powered by vibes and erections. It started as a joke. A dumb rap. An improv bit. Oogly googly. Everybody laughing because comedy is cheaper than reparations. Y’all’s dicks are gonna get us owned by Russia. Ha ha. So silly. So funny. Except why does it keep...

Dear Ryan Coogler, Your work has deeply impacted my life as a storyteller, as a Black, dark-skinned woman who performs both on stage and on camera. It has been affecting me for some time, in the very best of ways. You did not begin with Black Panther for me. It actually started with Fruitvale Station. I remember sitting in the theater that day and learning that I could enjoy going to the movies by myself because of that film. It moved me in a profound way. I do not cry often. I rarely do. But...

By. Marian Yesufu “Avoid men and crowded places like your boyfriend’s heart.”                                                                                              —Milie Odhiambo, Kenyan Politician Introduction         As an artist, the joy of merging scholarly writing and creative writing is what I am developing through this performance-based scholarly narrative. Pulling from journals, recorded audio journals, plays, and music written by me—and folding them into the works that...