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Ayisha Elliott

Ayisha Elliott’s podcast Black Girl From Eugene is raw and uncensored monologues and conversations about living while Black in the PNW. Listen locally at 11 am Sundays on Facebook Live; simulcast on KEPW 97.3 FM. Audio found on all major podcasting platforms. You can support BGFE at Patreon.com/Blackgirlfromeugene_1.

Author: Ayisha Elliott

The 44.4 Percent

Oregon voted to amend language in the Constitution about slavery, but 44.4 percent of us voted against it

Viewpoint 4 months ago

Oh, Oregon… Oh, Eugene… We are not on the same page.  Let’s discuss white centering in solutions to anti-racism, and the lack of attention to … Continue reading →

Gaslighting

When white privilege devalues the artist and genius of Black and Brown people 

Viewpoint 6 months ago

There’s a special kind of gaslighting that happens in Eugene. There is literally nothing like it — to witness the contortions people go through to be … Continue reading →

Live With No Regrets

What we lose by not trying

Viewpoint 10 months ago

I’ve always been in love with him, since we were kids. There wasn’t much to explain, except he and I just seemed to fit. We … Continue reading →

The Oppression of Suffering

A COVID meditation on the pandemic and the system’s attacks on the body

Viewpoint 1 year ago

A violent attack, PTSD, anxiety, oppression, COVID, depression — we, as a society, are entrenched in a myriad of suffering, experienced collectively, voluntarily or not. The byproduct … Continue reading →

Loss

Our humbled truth

Viewpoint 1 year ago

The time of COVID — 2020, 2021 — was incredible for many many reasons. One poignant reason, I think we can agree on is loss: … Continue reading →

But, context.

Historical context, Black bodies and vaccines 

Viewpoint 1 year ago

“This country is under structural transformation. In a very real way. Our worth and our value is not supposed to be compared to the worth … Continue reading →

The Protectors

Where are the men in stopping the Texas abortion ban?

Viewpoint 2 years ago

This piece may howl conformity of gender roles, and even assume sexuality, and it is not directly intended to do so. However, I’m going to … Continue reading →

Triggered?

It’s time the Olympics gets its act together

Viewpoint 2 years ago

For the first time in recent history, a number of Black athletes are speaking up about how they’ve been treated, are currently treated and how … Continue reading →

Choose Kindness

Kindness and niceness are not the same thing

Viewpoint 2 years ago

There’s a debate about the truth behind being “nice” and being “kind.” Nice is polite, a gesture that is for the most part an empty … Continue reading →

Out Loud

Name white man's violence

Viewpoint 2 years ago

Tragedy strikes — again, and then again. After the initial shock from the swift return to the realities of pre-COVID white man violence towards any … Continue reading →

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Ayisha Elliott

Ayisha Elliott’s podcast Black Girl From Eugene is raw and uncensored monologues and conversations about living while Black in the PNW. Listen locally at 11 am Sundays on Facebook Live; simulcast on KEPW 97.3 FM. Audio found on all major podcasting platforms. You can support BGFE at Patreon.com/Blackgirlfromeugene_1.

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