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Jasika Nicole, the actress best-known for playing Astrid on Fringe, is also a very talented artist. She recently tumbld (tumblrd?) this moving, personal piece about identity and the long, harrowing road to self-acceptance, which she gave us permission to repost.

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(Major, major h/t to the homie Sean Campbell at Melanism.com for making this possible.)

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Gene "G.D." Demby is the founder and editor of PostBourgie. In his day job, he blogs and reports on race and ethnicity for NPR's Code Switch team.
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  • JosephFM

    Holy shit. Right though my heart.

  • I love the art and the subject matter made my allergies act up. Well-written and whoever did the lettering should be applauded as well.

  • Jaz

    wow… that got me emo.
    and also, bicurious.