Kehinde Thurman, Author at Kehinde Thurman

Everybody Hates Chris. For Good Reason.

February 10, 2021

Last night I tuned in for day three of Married at First Sight. Otherwise known as Everybody Hates Chris. For good reason. This season began with more individuals who want to be married so bad they were willing to go on a matchmaking show with a horrible track record for success. A show where we have watched the experts pair multiple women with emotionally abusive and dishonest men. The most recent examples of this being Michael and Meka and Brandon and Taylor. But if we thought that season (DC)[...]

Not Nan Damn Thing

February 9, 2021

He slid into my inbox with compliments I’m sure he expected me to be grateful for or at the very least to be polite about receiving. Said I was an example of how a Black woman should be. I explained that first of all, the notion that a Black woman should be any one way was exactly what my work pushes against. And third of all, he could keep his compliments since from experience I knew they came with the expectation that I’d also accept the critique that was sure to come the minute I did anyt[...]

Six Words

February 8, 2021

I sat down to write something longer. But ultimately what I wanted to express didn’t need a thousand words. It really just needed six. Folks hate Black girls and women. Last week it was Chloe Bailey and the way folks treated a young woman coming into her own, expressing her sexuality and loving her body for the first time. People weren’t happy until they made that baby cry. Yes, I call her a baby and a grown woman at the same time because I got kids older than her and they both at the[...]

Work From Home Wardrobe: Comfy, But Make it Cute

February 8, 2021

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I Dropped Out Of Therapy But You Should Still Go

January 30, 2021