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Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. The middle child of five, she grew up in a hardscrabble neighborhood with oak and fig trees, locusts and mosquitoes, cousins and neighbors. Kiini's work delves into spheres of human liberation, human connection, and evolution. She employs speculative fiction and creative nonfiction to take readers through mind-bending journeys into the transcendent, the mystical, and the fantastic.
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Vol. 17, Contemplation on Completion
Posted on 28 January 2002
Brooklyn, New York A few months ago, someone suggested I pitch the KIS.list to print publications. They envisioned a syndicated column in magazines and/or newspapers nationwide. This idea interests me, and I thought I’d put it off until later, but then I decided, why not do it now. It took more work than I expected… »
BlogKIS.listassualt // catcalling // fight // Kiini Ibura Salaam // KIS.list // male aggression // personal // Prepare/Impact // protection // publication // rape culture // rejection // rejection/acceptance o'meter // safety // self defense // Sexism // sexual harassment // testimonial // threats // verbal skills // women
Vol. 9, Self-Defense
Posted on 28 October 2001
Prepare/Impact Self Defense Training Center New York, NY Eight years ago, while studying in the Dominican Republic, I was assaulted at gunpoint. This came at the tail end of a trip that was marred by serious sexual harassment, most of it physical. I had my body and hair touched by strangers more times than I… »