Alexis Pauline Gumbs is an American writer, independent scholar, poet, activist and educator based in Durham, North Carolina.[1][2] Gumbs advocates for other POC queer women and is commonly known as a “Black Feminist love evangelist,”[3] but she also describes herself as a "Queer Black Troublemaker."[4] In her experimental triptych (Spill, M Archive, and Dub), Gumbs explores the implications of humanity’s struggle with ecological disruption and Black feminist theory and refusals.[5]