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What Did You Think Was Going To Happen?
One day everything is fine and you’re carrying on and the next day the world implodes and you’re living in a hotel. That’s how it happened. I swear to God. I did the best I could and I assure you it wasn’t enough. I asked for help but the truth is that people didn’t listen…
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David Choe May Have Had The Video Scrubbed But People Won’t Forget
“Wait Wait, Wait, you’re basically saying you raped a girl and got off on it.” Choe: “Yeah, laugh laugh laugh anyways” I will never forget that, and I will never forget the silence from the Asian community about its abusers. We’re talking about pedophiles, rapists, and abusers every fucking day but we’re not going to…
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Resiliant?
Is that what I am being? I am oddly calm though I have my moments where I freak out and stress and even yell. I’m trying hard not to let anxiety win, I’m fighting the only way I know how. By writing every day and accepting that I can’t change all things about my situation,…
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We Gotta Stay Positive
No one who is in a place that I want to be, is someone who hasn’t experienced houselessness at one point or another in their lives. It seems to be a rite of passage to experience hardship before you find a place of comfort and stability. I’ve seen it a million times. People who fall,…
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#LMBGWriterSpotlight @KSHernandez2
KS is one of those rare voices you feel lucky enough to know. While they’re telling you all about their favorite writers, you become enamored with the fact that you’re listening to one of YOUR favorite writers tell you what’s important to them, like friends do. It’s shocking to realize that someone you can legit…
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Happy Birthday to Devon J Hall, by Moi
Yup! It’s my birthday, and instead of celebrating with friends, I am houseless, I have faith that I won’t be forever though you see. I am in a phase of transition, it’s as uncomfortable as it gets. I don’t have my own space, I don’t have my own place, and I am absolutely not where…
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How Did the #DTES Encampment Start and What’s Happening Now?
It started four years ago as a protest against the lack of affordable housing in a traditionally built neighborhood for and by the working class. It started with a tent or two, and the phrase “This is my home,. Now the VPD is on my street, evicting my neighbors, taking their stuff, and throwing it…
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Switching Gears: Why Do People Not Take #Bloggers Seriously And What to Do About It
There are over six hundred million blogs in the world. That doesn’t mean there are six hundred million good blogs in the world, just that there are six hundred million blogs in the world. That means at least one person you know has a blog, somewhere in your city, town, or district. Literally, anyone in…
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What Does Mental Health Look Like And How Can We Use Those Looks To Help Us Get Better?
I am literally a few days from being homeless, so needless to say that my mental health isn’t that great I am super stressed out, and while I’m starting to relax into the situation I don’t mind admitting I am afraid. I never thought this would be me, like all people who become creatives, I…
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More than 1000 Posts In…Let’s Keep Going
Technically speaking, this is post #1068 because I wasn’t paying attention and I didn’t realize that 67 posts ago, was my 1000th post, so I am celebrating that achievement, even though I didn’t know I’d made it because #WordPress didn’t give me a big badge for the achievement. I am pretty excited about the fact…
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What’s Missing From Your Dreams?
Not much. I think I’ve dreamt of being in this place before, maybe my future self is warning me of what’s to come. She also showed me – in my dreams anyways – an image of myself standing on a mountain and waving presumably at a camera. I hope that doesn’t mean I’m destined to…
Loud Mouth Brown Girl 