Tamika Abaka-WoodParis is Burning.Gut Reactions + Fieldnotes. Written within 24 hours. Stop writing when you’ve pushed through the words — not necessarily to reach an…6 min read·Oct 7, 2023----
Tamika Abaka-WoodPrimary Source Codes.Gut Reactions + Fieldnotes. Written within 24 hours.10 min read·Oct 6, 2023----
Tamika Abaka-WoodThe Future Vs. Our FuturesIn this very hour, on this very day, I am supposed to be facilitating a digital workshop for the official future. I prepared and designed…5 min read·Sep 24, 2022--1--1
Tamika Abaka-WoodAbortion : it will take a village. https://www.plancpills.org/find-pills ___https://www.plancpills.org/find-pills8 min read·Jun 25, 2022--1--1
Tamika Abaka-WoodFigments of my Imagination.During the summer of 2020, I bought a camera and some film. I was not interested in capturing Black joy or Black pain. I was interested in…2 min read·Oct 26, 2020----
Tamika Abaka-WoodThe Transcendence and Erasure of Black Women.Barking was the first place I called home on this Earth. Barking existed in a state of purgatory — an in-between place barely noticeable…6 min read·Jun 19, 2020--1--1
Tamika Abaka-WoodOn All The Dire ConsiderationsJust in case. So you know where I stand. God forbid.7 min read·May 28, 2020----
Tamika Abaka-WoodOn Black Glances, in Portland.Define: Glance. 1 : a brief look 2: a flash or gleam of light. In some cases, both of those things.6 min read·May 11, 2020----
Tamika Abaka-WoodOn Navigating This Haze.“This is all so anxiety-inducing because things we once held as solid are no longer things we can rely on.” Someone on a video call…4 min read·Apr 8, 2020----
Tamika Abaka-WoodOn Travel. The Year of the Return (again).The feeling of weightlessness, quiet and motion felt like solitary confinement surrounded by nothingness.5 min read·Jan 18, 2020----