'Being on the Internet so much, I forgot how to honestly behave like a person in real life at a certain point. I think at a certain point, everything that mattered to me was online.” Learn more
Three years ago, when visiting her grandmother’s home in Long Branch, New Jersey, for winter break, artist Qualeasha Wood laid down and wrapped herself in one of her grandmother’s blankets. The blanket was covered in a printed photo collage of all of her grandchildren. You know the kind: CVS printed, a bit blurry, “admittedly, ugly.” “I remember thinking there’s got to be a better way to do this,” Qualeasha tells.
Around the time of Donald Trump's election in 2016, Qualeasha was doxxed online for the second time. “I was getting all these death threats from conservatives and all of my photos and shows were being spread online. I also got a lot of rape threats. I had people threatening to come assault me,” she says. “I just thought it was so wild that these white men are apparently full of hatred for me but also want to do something with my body.
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