There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
Let’s build a new space for us* one discussion at a time.
*PS. Not sure if you’re the included in the intended ‘us’? If you’re tired of having to contort yourself just to be heard the first (or third!) time you speak, if you’ve been called ‘aggressive’ in the same breath they’re talking over you, or if you know what it’s like to be hyper-visible and invisible at the same damn time, chances are I’m talking to you.
Come join me!
I’ve spent the last hour giving my unsolicited analysis (v. intentionally not using the word…
I’ve been dating more this year, and it’s been deeply revealing. Not just of what…
For anyone navigating lovelessness in a world that tells you it’s your fault. For the…
It’s always been easier for me to believe in other people’s ability than than to…
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Dropping this affirmation playlist that I used to play in the background…
Black Girl Memoir – Doechii St. Chroma – Tyler the Creator Omega – SZA Oscar…
I’ve spent the last hour giving my unsolicited analysis (v. intentionally not using the word rant) of the sociological experiment known as Love Island on IG.No, no one asked my
I’ve been dating more this year, and it’s been deeply revealing. Not just of what I like, but of everything I still fear. All my soft spots. The anxious little
For anyone navigating lovelessness in a world that tells you it’s your fault. For the Black girls who carry themselves like whole universes and still wonder if anyone will stay.For
It’s always been easier for me to believe in other people’s ability than than to believe in my own. People I love, I can see their paths so clearly. I
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Dropping this affirmation playlist that I used to play in the background while getting ready for the day. TBH, morning routines have become such a weird, yucky,
Black Girl Memoir – Doechii St. Chroma – Tyler the Creator Omega – SZA Oscar Winning Tears – RAYE I Got You – Jaime Woods Human – rum.gold Woman Commando
Jesus belongs with the oppressed. To hear what I’m saying, you have to put yourself in a paradigm where belonging doesn’t mean ownership. When I say Jesus belongs, I don’t
I know, I know, it’s been a while…I have been writing, though the words haven’t quite made it out of my mind and onto paper (or a computer screen). What
This week, as I carved out time for gratitude, I realized much of it centers on people in my life: those who hold space for me to be myself, in
The first semester of law school is rough. You get warned about it before you even step foot in your first lecture hall. For me, those warnings didn’t soften the
For there are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt, of examining what our ideas really mean (feel like) on Sunday morning at 7 AM, after brunch, during wild love,
Thee Lorde Herself — Audre Lorde, that is ;P
making war, giving birth; while we suffer the old longings, battle the old warnings and fears of being silent and impotent and alone, while tasting our new possibilities and strengths.
i write what i want 😉
“The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black mothers in each of us-the poet whispers in our dreams, I feel therefore I can be free.”
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