a perspective on luxury: the other side of politics of respectability
a necessary response for the intra-communal violence that is becoming common-place #1 | when violence against Black bodies erupted into...
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Mar 16, 20224 min read
dear momma: breastfeeding is a gift, not a superpower.
a life-giving reminder for [Black] mommas who need space to be human.
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Feb 14, 20223 min read
when time jumps back on itself: the gifts of Black love
love notes and reminders for Black folx when the world tells we aren't enough
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Jan 20, 20222 min read
somewhere, there is joy: a stubborn prayer
for those who lost our selves in between our prayers and the pandemic somewhere, before the pandemic began, i misplaced my self. many of...
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Nov 21, 20213 min read
this womb’s work: a letter to my body after child-birth
a raw, complicated story of love & loss after child-birth
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Jan 9, 20214 min read
when the dust settles
a lament for sistas who know the traces of whiteness this week, we watched as a dust cloud of whiteness ascended upon the capitol...
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Jan 3, 20213 min read
Dear 2020 Self,
a necessary, post-2020 reflection & celebration of self Let's get this out of the way. 2020 was hard. You set a whole lotta goals. Some...
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Dec 29, 20203 min read
on kens & karens: why domestic terrorists must be named as such
because some trigger warnings live inside of us & don't have to be explained i’ve been quite perplexed by the surprise with which many...
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Jul 4, 20205 min read
for colored girls & the misogynoir that hates us
a word on free Black girls/women * if you are reading this, i ask that you read/say the next four lines aloud. Sandra Bland. Breonna...
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May 21, 20204 min read
my slip is showing: soul bearing in the age of covid
an up close and personal look at caring for our souls in the middle of a pandemic there was nothing that used to irk my nerves and vex my...
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Mar 7, 20201 min read
on the holy: a tribute for women's history month
a poetic reminiscing of the sacred power of black women. in the still. of saturday mornings. waking up to the sound of the trumpets. from...
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Feb 13, 20202 min read
how i know God is real: a love letter to black women
"in the beginning God created"...and Black women clearly must have been there when i think of salvation, i think of black women. not the...
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Feb 3, 20204 min read
the spectacled black joy: an interrogation of cynicism
questions about joy & blackness in the social media age. yesterday, i preached for the first time in several months. it was both...
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Jan 23, 20204 min read
the bluest eye & the blackest gaze: an eschatology
how discovering a gift for writing unlearned my eyes to see beyond the here & now i started writing my first novel when i was 8 or 9...
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Jan 11, 20203 min read
little girls, fictional worlds & the characters that raised us
a remembrance of the written landscapes that transported me - and countless other little black girls - to a place of belonging and a radical
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Jan 3, 20202 min read
popularity, publishing, & pushing through
an ode to growing up awkward, owning my particularities, and finding my voice while navigating the publishing world my older brother has...
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Dec 31, 20192 min read
out of the night that covers me: {for akilah, deebony, joe, & taurean}
a lamentation over young lives lost to white supremacy & gun violence a tussle at the shoulder. love taps. someone whispering my name. my...
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