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 thought I would drop off these affirmations because, to be honest, I need them…
There was nothing waiting for me at Rothschilds Library, of course. Or any of the…
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…
Some weeks just gut you.They don’t ask gently. They pry open all the soft places,…
It’s always been easier for me to believe in other people’s ability than than to…
I thought I would drop off these affirmations because, to be honest, I need them right now. I needed them two years ago and three years ago and five years
There was nothing waiting for me at Rothschilds Library, of course. Or any of the other five libraries on campus, for that matter. But Nia didn’t need to know that.
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
Some weeks just gut you.They don’t ask gently. They pry open all the soft places, poke at the half-healed bruises, and whisper questions like knives. Will it ever not just…end?
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
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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