Soft Words for Black GirlsWhen I was in middle school, I had a friend named DeDe, who was painfully shy. DeDe loved to talk to her friends, but would clam up…Apr 25, 20214Apr 25, 20214
Magical Realism Is for Us by Us and Toni Morrison Was the QueenI originally wrote this on the day Toni Morrison died, August 5, 2019. I was sitting in a café in Spain, crying, and wishing I had somehow…Aug 5, 20201Aug 5, 20201
Dear Tre, (Part 3)The final letter in a series of essays with my dear friend, Tre Johnson. We started this whole series about Megan Thee Stallion and Kanye…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
“Dear Tre”, (Part 2)A letter in a series to my friend, Tre, about Meg Thee Stallion, Kanye, Black womanhood, The Culture, and Black love. You can read Tre’s…Jul 23, 2020Jul 23, 2020
Dear Tre, (Part 1)A letter to my friend, Tremaine Johnson, about Meg Thee Stallion, Kanye, Black womanhood, and Black love.Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Stop Posting About Cops High-Fiving ProtestorsIt’s propaganda friends, plain and simple.Jun 1, 20201Jun 1, 20201
For The Working Class Black Parents Whose Lives We Will Not SaveMy uncle Roger died in 2017, well before coronavirus. For many years of my childhood, he worked on a garbage truck. He and my father were…May 7, 20201May 7, 20201
Lazy Journalism is Killing Black PeopleThe first voice you hear on the April 9th episode of The Daily podcast is a white woman talking about the coronavirus in New Orleans.Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Are D-Nice’s DJ Sets the New Fireside Chats?The truth is the president is an imbecile.Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
Black Women Deserve a Radical Retelling of NowThere is a way we tell history that leaves Black women stranded.Mar 11, 20201Mar 11, 20201
