Writing was always my passion, though it wasn’t until two years ago that I did it consistently
I’ve debated doing an about me story for months, because after all, I’ve been telling readers on this platform snippets about myself for two years now. I’ve written some things that I’ve never…
Life as a tall woman has it challenges but it has its perks too.
I reached my full height of 5’8 sometime in high school. While I may not be technically that tall, in a country where the average woman is around 5’3 or 5’4, I am taller than average…
I recently received a disturbing email about a piece I published concerning my journey in navigating friendships with white people.
For one thing, the hater insists that I’m the one who is racist, which is a common accusation that whites hurl at Black people who dare to speak on our…
Relationships with white people can be difficult when you’re Black.
Case in point: A couple of years ago, I had a crush on this white guy I volunteered with at a nursing home. Once our day at the facility was through, we went out for a late lunch/early dinner at…
COVID’s relentlessness is resulting is major uncertainty in how we go about our lives
New Year’s Day has been my favorite holiday for years. I usually hosted a dinner in my home where I served the kind of traditional New Year’s dishes I grew up eating-cornbread, Hoppin’ John (though my…
The magic that made “Sex and the City” a beloved show is missing from its rebooted version
“Sex and the City” is a show that I’ve long held dear to my heart.
I watched the series premiere, the six seasons after that as well as the two movies. It didn’t…
An interesting workplace revolution is happening as we speak. Around 3.4% of the American workforce has quit their jobs every month since April 2021. Right-wingers and employers bemoan this phenomenon, insisting that people are lazy and don’t want to work. Indeed, an average of 555,000 jobs have been created since…
Just because I belong to a demographic that is more likely to be single than other women doesn’t mean I hate it. Quite the contrary.
We’ve entered the time of year that some singles refer to as the “season of hell.”
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day emphasize…
It’s hard to wrap my head around the two most recent verdicts about racial justice.
I am one of the many Black people who weren’t that surprised that Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted, even though he killed two white people and injured a third. Usually, he’d be on his way to…
A freeform poem
They say I shouldn’t write about race.
They say I shouldn’t write about gender.
They say I shouldn’t write about queerness.
They think those subjects are limiting.
They think I’m ungrateful.
They think I’m the bigoted person when I write about my lived experiences.
They call me…
