Jan 14, 2021MimiCasual black girl alchemy realness… — Note: this is just a worldbuilding, freewriting exercise. It’s a random Sunday night and you’re sitting in a tiny kitchen, shoveling a plate of food into your face. This is Mimi’s kitchen and it’s definitely a working witch’s space. Potted plants hang in coffee cans in the window above the…Black Girl Magic4 min readBlack Girl Magic4 min read
Jun 4, 2020People Who Love Me, Also Love TrumpI keep absorbing blows from people who “mean well” because I’d still rather hurt myself than see them in pain. Here’s a little background. I gained a whole third family- grandparents, aunts and uncles- when my little brother was born. It was 1994, about four years since my parents split…Self Care3 min readSelf Care3 min read
May 31, 2020I Am An Angry Black WomanDeal with it, or don’t; I’m giving myself permission to feel everything. I have started this post about six times. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything at all, here. Mostly, because I never know who I’m reaching and I hate speaking into the Void. But, screw it, here…George Floyd4 min readGeorge Floyd4 min read
Aug 5, 2019The Wheel That Grinds You Can’t Turn Without YouAre you the landscaper they employ to give the finger to climate change by keeping their lawns emerald green? Are you the teacher getting payed pennies to reinforce a history that casts their children as the righteous victors? Not getting paid enough to nurture…Equality3 min readEquality3 min read
Jul 30, 2019A Casual Response To Bullet HolesOur Unwillingness To Act Costs Children Their Future December 14, 2012 left me truly horrified. A gunman had just massacred twenty children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, before turning the gun on himself. I was working retail at the time and a friend of…Gun Violence4 min readGun Violence4 min read
Jul 17, 2019The Chocolate Chip In Your Sugar CookieUnapologetically Occupying White Dominated Spaces as a Solo Black Woman I’ve decided that- at age thirty-one, I am going to show up in spaces that don’t traditionally include us (women of color)and just stand there. If I offend you by just existing in the same space as you then tough…Race2 min readRace2 min read
Jul 13, 2019A Black Girl’s Guide To The Coming StormWe Are Running Out Of Time. Now As I write this, New Orleans is flooding- again. Tropical Storm Barry is morphing into Hurricane Barry and, if history repeats itself, this storm will cut a decisive path of destruction through New Orleans- and it hasn’t even made landfall yet. The current…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Jul 9, 2019Confronting My PrivilegeThree unearned advantages that opened doors for me and how I shoulder that responsibility. My mother is a quiet force to be reckoned with. She is my earliest tutor in the legacy of black women’s endurance and my gold standard of generosity; the yardstick I use to measure my own…Privilege6 min readPrivilege6 min read
Jun 29, 2019Ghetto Girl, ExiledMyself in two spaces. I am an uneducated, mentally ill, thirty-one year old black woman with opinions on everything. Eleven years outside of the ghetto I grew up in- shout out to the East End of Bridgeport, CT- I haven’t figured out how to navigate the world with ease just…Black Women2 min readBlack Women2 min read
