(On Un-)Becoming: Poems (Button Poetry)

(On |Un-)Becoming is a collection of stories, reflections, forgivenesses and offerings rooted in conversations and conflicts with FreeQuency’s mother, chosen family & other selves. The anti disciplinary project liberates the concept of “transitioning” from the realm of Westernized notions of gender and expands |explores|explodes the concept of (un)becoming in relationship to international Blackness, migration| movement, geographic and corporeal displacement, spiritual| mental health and the ties between personal and communal transformation.

FreeQuency is a Kenyan, Immigrant, Shoga|Queer storyteller & feeler. Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, TEDWomen speaker & ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is a highly sought after performer, host, social justice teaching artist & workshop leader. Rooted in various global communities & having spent their life at the intersection of arts, education and activism, their work in Reproductive Justice, #BlackLivesMatter organizing & activism, LGBTQ+ advocacy and writing have been featured on The Independent, the New York Times, TEDx, Huffington Post & more.