Planet Of People Of The Power

By Sage M

Published 2/18/22

## Foundation

Planet Of People Of The Power, constructed in 2035 by a group called A.B.K (A Black Kingdom). A.B.K was initially founded by Lioness Badu, an activist, artist, model, fashion designer, a black woman that has been overflowing with love for the creation of herself and her future since she was born. She says “We need to stop searching for love from another person, and realize it's embedded inside of ourselves. The most powerful love is self love, the love that is inside of ***you***.” Lioness held up A.B.K with the help of ***her*** community. The community ***she*** belonged to. A community of power, liberty, and justice, consisting of black women and men that are passionate about true self expression who present their reflection of their personalities through photography, art, fashion, fashion design, activism, hair and more.

## Planet Itself

Planet Of People Of The Power was made to challenge racial, gender, trans slander and shame specifically against black women. Planet Of People Of The Power offers a safe world for black trans women, drag queens, women and men of all sizes, the power of femininity, cultural embrace, encouragement of self love, and self expression through clothes, art, jewelry, music, and everything in between. There is a strong sense of community on this planet. Everybody knows everybody. There's tons of ballroom culture, drag shows every night at 8:00PM. In the city, you can hear music coming from the penthouses that smell of incense all the time. In the streets you can hear music blasting from cars. You can see the women and men with their afros big and filled with pride walking down the street with their heads held high, laughing with each other. You can hear the sound of beads clicking together from the beads in the workers' braids at the nail salon. You can walk through the streets and in every single window you will see a different type of body, a different type of hairstyle, and a different kind of person that has been through different things pursuing their dreams that have been shut down by oppressors because of who they truly are. There's art displays all down the street as well as designer fashion stores with clothes in the window made by scratch. There's modeling agencies lead by women and men building after building. There's restaurants that serve traditional cultural dishes that are made by scratch and made with love. You can feel at home eating there instead of feeling judged or alone. Home is not just where you sleep, home on this planet is just being around ***your*** people and feeling free to express yourself and love yourself. Home is found within you and your people.

## Background Of Society

Drag queens, gay men, trans women, trans men, bisexual women, lesbian women, bisexual men, empowerance of femininty, true culture, self expression, the black community as a whole and much more have been opressed and silenced since birth. Even in the hospital when giving birth to a black baby, you will face judgment. So will the baby. That black baby being held in the white nurse's arms is not going to get the same treatment as the white baby in the next room is getting. Within the first breath the baby takes after being birthed, society is already feigning for their chance to oppress more black individuals. Oppression against black individuals isn't just the fact that society prays on black individuals' downfall. It includes not recognizing their creations that the oppressors use on a daily basis, sexualizing black women, shaming black women, sexualizing black cultures as a whole, police brutality, sexual harassment, judging black children in schools, racial profiling, job rejections, bullying in schools, silencing, talking about only slavery in black history month when we should be talking about black excellence, parents being rejected for services for their nerodivergent child, neglect in school systems, neglect in the system itself, and the list can go on and on and on and this is the base of it, its not even including the extra oppression black individuals face while being part of LGBTQ+, being nerodivergent, not having an “acceptable” body in societies eyes, being a woman, and this list goes on and on aswell.