PinnedAnneliese BrunerBlack Blood, No. 3: In the Spirit of Mary Elizabeth Jones ParrishBrooklyn-based artist Ajamu Kojo’s Black Wall Street: A Case for Reparations was exhibited last year at Montclair State University…8 min read·May 22, 2023----
Anneliese BrunerJanuary 6, 2021 Marked the Christian Epiphany, but U.S.The date became a notorious reminder to continually defend democracy3 min read·Jan 6, 2024--1--1
Anneliese BrunerAs a Lymphedema Patient, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gives Me HopeDr. Dhruv Singhal asked me what I wanted. To preserve my leg health long enough to be eligible for any groundbreaking curative therapy. I…7 min read·Dec 16, 2023----
Anneliese BrunerThe Death of JudgmentA Family Grapples with Its Tragic History7 min read·Aug 25, 2021----
Anneliese BrunerMy grandmother survived the Tulsa massacre.It was eerily fitting that the weekend before a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, I sat down to reread the book…8 min read·Jan 11, 2021--1--1
Anneliese BrunerShocked by how close the presidential race is? Black Americans have known this bigotry all along.As a Black woman in America, I’ve been watching the neck-and-neck presidential election race like everyone else. I’ve also been reading…4 min read·Jan 11, 2021----
Anneliese BrunerManual Lymphatic Drainage Massage: Trendiness Can Harm Lymphedema PatientsOn this World Lymphedema Day, the culmination of Lymphedema Awareness Week, I invoke the same question I asked a year ago, and will no…4 min read·Mar 7, 2020----
Anneliese BrunerHow a Gaslighter Outsmarts the Court“The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women and children from the superior…7 min read·Sep 30, 2019----
Anneliese BrunerWorld Lymphedema Day: What Am I Gonna Do About My Legs?A series of comedy sketches on Chappelle’s Show in the early 2000s featured the inimitable Dave Chappelle portraying celebrities about…5 min read·Mar 6, 2019----