Liberating Colloquy
It is none of your business who she sleeps with. Why is it necessary to share intimate details in order to build a friendship or to become good friends? Some people consider this as a way of building trust. Yet when those intimate details are met with indifference and judgment all of that trust goes […]
Read More Brick Walls and Shit.Defying Laws of Blackness I defy the laws of physics I am never black enough and too black simultaneously. In a simple search, Black girls. I witness two extremes. The over the top extraness of glam couture “ here I am different and fabulous”. and the “I am my blackness” natural hair, full figures and […]
Read More BlacknessOn this day one of my heros was born. I use her name in attempt to do her some justice. I hope she feels me. Zora Neale Hurston, it would have been your 124 birthday. Through my writing you live on.
Read More 124 yearsThere was this guy I dated. The sex was good. The conversations were fun. But, something was weird. I always found myself covered in a layer of detachment after sex and while conversations were interesting and entertaining they were usually peppered with hints of indifference. It was like he was trying match wits with someone […]
Read More Get up, Smile and Wipe My Mouth.
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