White Power. When I was sixteen, I was raped by a Latino man. When I went to a friend’s house to talk to her about it, her white brother said “white power,” while raising his fist. When I looked at him with shock, and said “excuse me?” he responded with “That’s what you said to … More I Was Not Born To Bow or Curtsy To a White Woman…Happy #InternationalWomensDay
I realized that this year I didn’t and have not tried to celebrate the last four years of writing this blog, and the reason for that is because I don’t know precisely when I started the blog. I know that I started it sometime in January of 2018 but that’s just a guesstimate. The truth … More Four Years Of Loud Mouth Brown Girl…Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by Celebrating My Own Journey
For many Black women, life is about getting up every day, taking care of children and partners and family members, going to work and taking care of employees or coworkers, going home and making dinner and taking care of family again, then going to bed to wake up and do it all over again the … More #BlackWomen…You Are Fucking Amazing…I love You, I Am Proud Of You…Thank You For Not Giving Up
I am angry. And I am fucking bitter. I am thirty-seven years old, I live at home with my mother, and three fucking cats, (adorable amazing little comfort animals but still, CATS) CATS MOTHERFUCKER! I AM THE CAT LADY. Mind you, I don’t put my cats in costumes and take pictures of them for the … More Yesterday I Stood in My Shower And Screamed “Why Do You Hate Me?” I Was Talking To God #BellLetsTalk
When I was about eleven years old, I had this vision of myself, but in like a past life. I could hear bombs going off in the distance, and I could see a Black woman in a tan colored dress sitting at a typewriter trying to get the story out. That vision convinced me that … More Black Women And Mental Health, I Am So Excited
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