I spend a lot of time talking about the women in my life on an everyday basis who are doing incredible, powerful things. I’ve been fortunate to learn from some of the amazing difference makers, story tellers, lamp-bearers, and activists. But one of the women who has made the biggest difference in my activism journey…
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15 Going on Fat: A Tale of Two Dresses
The store was unusually dark, but it was just lit enough for me to see rows and rows of beautiful dresses. I was just weeks away from turning 16. I had a cake, a venue, invitations, everything I needed but a dress. My mother (who swears I was the birthday version of a Bridezilla) and…
Unthinkable, Unbearable, Unforgivable: a lesson in compassion.
Let me begin by saying that the death of any person at the hands of any other person, is unthinkable. The death of anyone at the hands of an individual whose duty is to protect and defend, be they neighborhood watch or police is unbearable. The killing of a person that happens in part or…
My Blackness Does Not Wash Off At Night 