One of the most interesting contradictions of the past year—at least for me—has been that despite losing my father and living through the pandemic, much of my time at home has felt like a kind of reprieve. A reprieve, at least, from the daily aggressions (micro and macro) that come with the terrain when you …
A lot of people are reluctant to take the vaccine, but not all reluctances are the same. The white QAnon-types think the vaccine is some kind of cocktail involving children’s blood and Bill Gates’ microchips. Their opinions obviously come from a place of ignorance, privilege, and entitlement. Some of us Black folks are also suspicious …
The first task that any new parent has is to provide their progeny with a name, since the baby cannot be forever known as “The Baby” or “My Baby.” They need names and, as a parent, you may decide to bestow a weighty or whimsical moniker upon your blessed offspring—the kind of thing that, as …