Da’Shaun Harrison

Editor-at-Large at Scalawag

ungendered || award-winning author: Belly of the Beast || rep’d: @odommediamgmt / @peaceisloud

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Articles

Anti-fatness as anti-blackness: Violence at home, violence abroad

Nov 25, 2024 | prismreports.org | Da’Shaun Harrison |Carolyn Copeland

For all of my life, I have been fat. Even at my smallest, I was larger than everyone else around me. A lot of kids loved me—and I was a very argumentative child who learned at an early age how to advocate for myself, so I never necessarily allowed anyone who didn’t love me to bully me—but I was picked on often for being fat. And for eating. Eating is an essential part of life. If we do not eat, our bodies do not get the necessary nutrients they need, and our organs fail us.
Scalawag welcomes Sherronda J. Brown as Editor-in-Chief

May 30, 2023 | scalawagmagazine.org | Da’Shaun Harrison

As a publication dedicated to liberatory media and a reparative and inclusive future for journalism writ large, Scalawag is ecstatic to welcome Sherronda J. Brown (they/she) to the team as our first-ever Editor-in-Chief. Sherronda's résumé is stacked, and with it comes layers of skill and experience that make her perfect for this role. We first met in 2018 while they were in editorial and writing roles at Black Youth Project and Wear Your Voice Magazine.