Kameelah Janan Rasheed is a learner based in Brooklyn, NY.
She stewards KJR Studios, where she studies the poetics and politics of non-compliance and disobedience across written, spoken, and visual communication systems. She makes (language-saturated installations), (film/video), (performance-adjacent improvisational artist talks), (libraries), (software), (paranormal fiction stories and loglines), (learning environments), (stand-up comedy sets), (wayward translations), (devotional kits), (walking paths), (theremin compositions), and (photographs)
Kameelah Janan Rasheed, 2014 - 2026
THE LETTER “A”, a
Aroused by arbitrary alliances, abbreviated anger, and ambidextrous allegiances, an accelerated apocolypse approaches arrogantly and algorithmically.
THE LETTER “B”, b
Biology becomes burdensome, but bodies bulge beyond belief .
THE LETTER “C”, c
Corpuluent capitalism craves correlation.
(418)
THE LETTER “D”, d
Decadent drones decide death.
THE LETTER “E”, e
Embellished equations ease endings.
THE LETTER “F”, f
Biology becomes burdensome, but bodies bulge beyond belief .
THE LETTER “G”, g,(142)
THE LETTER “H”, h,(178)
THE LETTER “I”, i,(191)
THE LETTER “K”, k,(42)
Aroused by arbitrary alliances, abbreviated anger, and ambidextrous allegiances, an accelerated apocolypse approaches arrogantly and algorithmically.
ACCELERATED APOCOLYPSE
ACCELERATED APPROPRIATION
ACUTE AFROS
AFFLICTED ALLEGIANCE
AFROCENTRIC AUTOPSY AGGREGATED APATHY
AHISTORICAL ANGST
ALMOST AROUSED
AMBIDEXTROUS ANXIETY
AMBULATORY ARCHIVES
ANACHRONISTIC ASSIMILATION
APHORISTIC ANGER
ARBITRARY APPLAUSE
AUTISTIC AUTUMN
THE LETTER “B”, b
Biology becomes burdensome, but bodies bulge beyond belief .
BEDAZZLED BODYBAGS
BEIGE BULLY
BIOLOGICAL BETRAYAL
BLOATED BODIES
BORROWED BLACKFACE
BULLETPROOF BLACKS
BURDENSOME BENEVOLENCE
THE LETTER “C”, c
Corpuluent capitalism craves correlation.
(418)
CAPTIVE CONTINGENCIES
CASUAL CADAVERS
CARNIVOROUS CRUCIFIXION
CEREMONIAL COMPULSION
CHANTING CANNIBALS
CHARRED COMPLEXION
CHARISMATIC CORRELATION
CHOREOGRAPHED CLOSURE
CHUCKLING CYBORG
CLANDESTINE CONSENT
CLAPPING CORPSES
CLASSIFIED CAUSALITY
CLAUSTROPHOBIC CHRONOLOGY
COAGULATED CONSPIRACY
COLLAPSING CLIMAX
COLORED CHRIST
CONDITIONAL CITIZEN
CORPULENT CAPITALISM
COUNTERFEIT CULTURE
COUNTLESS CASKETS
CULT CRAVINGS
CUMULATIVE COLONIALISM
CYNICAL CATECHISM
THE LETTER “D”, d
Decadent drones decide death.
DAPPER DEATH
DECADENT DANGER
DEFAULT DEVIANCE
DELICATE DYSMORPHIA
DEMOCRATIC DRONE
DENSE DEPRESSION
DIDACTIC DEVOTION
DISCOUNTED DIGNITY
DOGMATIC DOMESTICITY
DRACONIAN DRAG
DURABLE DYSTOPIA
THE LETTER “E”, e
Embellished equations ease endings.
ELASTIC ENSLAVEMENT
ELLIPTICAL ENGAGEMENT
EMASCULATED EQUATION
EMBELLISHED EMANCIPATION
EMOTIONAL EMBARGO
EQUILATERAL ERASURE
EVENTUAL EXTREMISM
EXALTED ENDINGS
EXPORTED EVANGELISM
THE LETTER “F”, f
Biology becomes burdensome, but bodies bulge beyond belief .
FASCIST FLIRTATION
FERMENTED FLESH
FLAMBOYANT FLASHBACK
FLACCID FUTURES
FRANCHISED FEAR
FRUGAL FANTASY
FRUITFUL FANTASY
FUNDAMENTALIST FECES
FUTURIST FLANNEL
THE LETTER “G”, g,(142)
GENDER GARAGE
GENTRIFIED GENITALIA
GESTICULATING GARMENT
GHETTO GHOST
GLORIFIED GRADUALISM
GLUTEN-FREE GRAVEYARD
GLITCHY GOD
GREGARIOUS GANGSTERS
GYRATING GAZE
THE LETTER “H”, h,(178)
HAGIOGRAPHIC HEMORRHAGING
HEGEL'S HYPERBOLE
HETEROSEXUAL HEIST
HELIOCENTRIC HAREM
HIERARCHICAL HICCUP
HOLOGRAPHIC HERESY
HOLY HYMEN
HOLY HYPHEN
HOMICIDAL HEMLINE
HYPOCRITICAL HIJAB
HYSTERICAL HEGEMONY
THE LETTER “I”, i,(191)
ILLITERATE IMPERIALISMTHE LETTER “J”, j,(15)
IMMACULATE INTEGRATION
IMPOTENT INDOCTRINATION
INAUGURAL INSEMINATION
INCREMENTAL INJUSTICES
INTERRACIAL INFRINGEMENTS
INTERVAL INVASIONS
INTIMATE INTEGER
IRREVERENT ITEMIZATION
JAUNDICED JUSTICE
THE LETTER “K”, k,(42)
KAFKAESQUE KIOSK
KIND KILLINGS
KITSCH KAMA SUTRA
THE LETTER “L”, l,
THE LETTER “M”, m,(107)
THE LETTER “N”, n,(97)
THE LETTER “O”, o,(145)
THE LETTER “P”, p,(242)
THE LETTER “Q”, q,(19)
THE LETTER “R”, r,(169)
THE LETTER “S”, s,(256)
THE LETTER “T”, t,(268)
THE LETTER “U”, u,(63)
THE LETTER “V”, v,(44)
THE LETTER “W”, w,(68)
THE LETTER “X”, x,(15)
THE LETTER “Y”. y,(11)
THE LETTER “Z”, z ,(13)
LACTATING LANGUAGE
LEASED LOGIC
LETHARGIC LEGISLATION
LIQUIDATED LINEAGE
LINGUISTIC LEAK
LITURGICAL LOVERS
LOPSIDED LIBIDO
LUBRICATED LITERALISM
LUBRICATING LIBERALISM
LYNCHER'S LEOTARD
THE LETTER “M”, m,(107)
MALNOURISHED MYSTIC
MASOCHISTIC MELANIN
MENSTRUATING MARTYR
MOANING MINSTRELS
MOIST MISCEGENATION
MORBID MATERIALISM
THE LETTER “N”, n,(97)
NAPPY NUMEROLOGY
NAUTICAL NEGROES
NEGLIGENT NOOSES
NEOLIBERAL NUDITY
NONCOMMITTAL NUANCE
NORMATIVE NOSTALGIA
THE LETTER “O”, o,(145)
OBEDIENT OUTCOMES
OBLIGATORY OBAMA
OFF-TOPIC OPPRESSION
OFFSHORE OPTIMISM
OPPOSITIONAL ORGASM
OPTIMAL OPPONENT
ORWELLIAN OVERCOAT
OSCILLATING ORGY
OSSIFIED OBSESSION
THE LETTER “P”, p,(242)
PALE PREREQUISITES
PANORAMIC PATRIARCHY
PARAMILITARY PEACEMAKER
PARANORMAL PORNOGRAPHY
PATHOLOGICAL PRETEXT
PHANTOM POWER
PIGMENTED PRIVILEGE
PLAGIARIZED PLEASURE
PLUG & PLAY PATRIARCHY
POLITE PILLAGING
PREEMPTIVE PARANOIA
PREMATURE POVERTY
PRESCRIBED PATIENCE
PUDGY POWER
THE LETTER “Q”, q,(19)
QUARANTINED QUESTION
THE LETTER “R”, r,(169)
RANCID RICHES
RECESSIVE RIGHTS
RECIPROCAL RAGE
REDACTED RAGE
REDISTRICTED RESISTANCE
REFLEXIVE RIOTING
REHEARSED REVOLUTION
RESPECTABLE REPRODUCTION
RETALIATORY RAPTURE
REVERSIBLE RELIGION
THE LETTER “S”, s,(256)
SEMANTIC SEMEN
SLOPPY SECONDS
SOCIALIST SCIENTOLOGY
SOLICITED SAVIOR
SOYBEAN SPACESHIP
SPIRITUAL SCAFFOLDING
STILLBORN SALVATION
STRATEGIC SUFFERING
STOUT SACRIFICES
SUPERLATIVE SUBJUGATION
SUPERNEGRO SPECIMEN
SURPLUS SYNTAX
SURROGATE SUSPICION
SYNCHRONIZED SWALLOW
SYNDICATED SPECTACLE
THE LETTER “T”, t,(268)
TANGENTIAL TRAUMA
TANGLED THRONE
TANTRIC TYRANNY
TEDIOUS TEMPTATION
TEMPORAL TWERK
TENDER TRUTHS
TESSELLATED THEOCRACY
THEATRICAL TERRORISM
THEORETICAL THIGHS
TINY TRIGGERS
TOTALITARIAN THREESOME
TRENDY TRANSMUTATION
TRIANGULATED TYRANNY
TRIVIAL TRAYVON
TROSKYESQUE TOOTHPASTE
THE LETTER “U”, u,(63)
UNDERGROUND UTOPIA
UNREGULATED URGENCY
UNIFORM UTTERANCE
UPPITY UTERUS
THE LETTER “V”, v,(44)
VELVET VULVA
VIGILANT VOCABULARY
VIRAL VIRGINITY
THE LETTER “W”, w,(68)
WANDERING WAGE
WEAPONIZED WATERMELON
WHITE WISDOM
WOVEN WOMB
WRINKLED WORSHIP
THE LETTER “X”, x,(15)
XENOPHOBIC XANAX
THE LETTER “Y”. y,(11)
YEASTY YOUTH
THE LETTER “Z”, z ,(13)
ZEALOUS ZOMBIE