Thoughts on the Netflix documentary — Slavery was a crime of crimes. Slavery was a violation of violations. It was an absolutely reprehensible institution. It was a crime against humanity. It was a crime of immeasurable magnitude. It is a crime that keeps on giving and has very real , ubiquitous markers on society as of…

Accepting my ugliness afterthoughts — As Accepting My Ugliness trends for me , I am overcome with an assortment of emotions. I am happy so many people have enjoyed this piece. I am happy that many people are coming forward with their own woes in regards to beauty and its’ rampant weaponization. I realize that…

Amazon Prime’s Swarm is a must see for film noir lovers — Swarm was the crazy tale I didn’t know I needed until I binged in a day. Usually I try to watch stuff slower but it was so good and I could not help myself. Swarm is the Amazon Prime show by Donald Glover that follows Dre, a twenty something super…

Whew, I’m about to touch a landmine. This has circulated in my head for a while now but I didn’t know where to begin. The words “accept my ugliness” will already elicit a strong emotional reaction from anyone. Ugly is a word like fat that we use liberally but which…

Thoughts on the 1923 race massacre — The list of atrocities against Black people in America are lengthy as they are infuriating for how pervasive they have been in our history. There are no shortages of examples of white violence perpetuated against Black people. Throughout history, white and Black contact has resulted in Black death. If we’re…

No one teaches ‘How to Stay alive when you’re a Black transwoman 101'. It’s not a course offered at the local high schools, isn’t offered at the community colleges, barely grants a tv special on major tv networks. But in my opinion it should be offered because way too many…

People exhaust me more days than they don’t. There’s such a predictability and conformity amongst people that drives me mad. It goes like this, enough people parrot one position to make that position an absolute truth. If you dare to believe or think otherwise, you’re looked at as a damn…

It’s polarizing — Note: I am making hella generalizations. I didn’t research, just going off my head. Health is wealth, we should all try to be as healthy as we can. If it don’t apply, let it fly I love the conversations I have with my Haitian friend Charles. We talk about any…