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[...]
It’s me. I’m a Black girl who done searched for love and detoured at self-destruction. A few times. I didn’t expect to reflect on that this holiday season but the universe has a way of doing what it wants to do. Because the universe ain’t shit. So Christmas rolled around and I got a gift from a friend. Ok. Situationship buddy I got comfortable with for a year and some change. Then he decided new year, new him. We’ll come back to why that’s important. Anyway, the gift I got was th[...]
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ~Audre Lorde After the premiere of Surviving R. Kelly, some folks are asking how R. Kelly has been allowed to terrorize Black girls and women for decades. You only have to look at the video of Yasmine James to know exactly how men like R. Kelly thrive despite a documented history of sexually abusing Black girls and women across the country. In the video, Yasmine is at work when a[...]
I suppose I should start from the beginning. Imagine it's a little odd to start at nothing but that's all I got. Mostly what he left me anyway. So here we are, talking about a whole bunch of nothing. Talking about Him. Truth is I don't know much about Him. He cut out on my momma well before I entered this world a minute after my twin brother. From then until around 7, I have no memories of meeting or seeing him. Which doesn't make much sense considering how much time I spent at my grandma[...]
