Duplex for [Autistic] Sovereignty.
after Jericho Brown
Humanity is more than capacity:
Autism is a site of resistance.
Autism is a site of resistance,
What do you fear of those who can’t conform?
What do you fear of those who won’t conform?
Complacency is key to fascism.
When you fascists demand complacency,
Diversity is a mark of freedom.
Our freedom is marked by diversity,
Conformity, a death wish for Disableds.
We Disableds wish death to conformity!
That which truly liberates, liberates all.
That which frees us, shall also free you:
Humanity is more than capacity.
Tiezst “Tie” Taylor is a Disabled Black femme who is non-binary trans. They are a radical educator, artist-activist, poet, and storyteller. Their work explores their experiences in surviving intersecting forms of oppression in the U.S. Tiezst is an Emerge 2025 Fellow with San Francisco State University’s Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability where they are working on an essay for publication on the criminalization of mental illness as it intersects with Black woman / femme identity. They were a Spring 2024 Brooklyn Poets Fellow and a past awardee of the NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant. Follow Tiezst on Instagram @tiezst.
BACK TO ISSUE