Despite living in this body as a Black woman for 49 years, writing about racism since the early 2000s, and serving as the executive director of the oldest continuously running anti-racism organization in the United States, I have a confession: The moments that I find myself in a racist exchange are pretty much my “bad penny” moments. Like that proverbial …
I live with a secret. It’s a powerful secret. It’s an open secret, so the power isn’t in keeping it, but in telling it. I’ll let you in on it even though you probably already know: As a Black person, I own this country. At first glance I understand it may not look that way. Faces like mine aren’t on …
It should have been her moment to shine at the Emmy Award show on Sept. 12. “Abbott Elementary” star Quinton Brunson received her first Emmy that night for outstanding writing in a comedy series. And a white man promptly stepped in to step on her moment and steal her thunder. In fact, she was the first Black woman to be …
Look, me and the Royal Family go way back. Sorta. Let’s just say that they’ve occupied space in my mind for a long time. My earliest memories of the Royals? Watching Princess Diana and Prince Charles getting married. I was a little kid—maybe 9 or 10—and, like millions of others, I was mesmerized by the sheer pageantry of it all. …
TODAY’S EPISODE: The climate of racism runs hot and destructive Racism is a lot like the environment. All around us. Permeating everything. Wreaking destruction with huge storms while also causing challenges and damage with more subtle effects over time. And the environment itself is affected by racism. So let’s talk about something that isn’t talked about enough in news of …
Is it me or are white people stealing from Black folks now more than ever? It feels like I can’t walk down the street, turn on the TV or open my phone without some white person talking like me, acting like me or trying to sell some goddamn version of me back to me. I used to rail against this, …
Personal stories mostly went by the wayside for me in 2015, when my now ex-husband and I split up. They didn’t go away, but one thing I pledged was to at least seriously limit pieces about my family—unless highly relevant to a particular piece—because my children’s stories were no longer mine to share publicly. Which is fine, because my primary …
In this country you can give a woman money, but she can’t buy her way out of misogyny By Liz Henry If there’s something I am proud I’ve been able to procrastinate successfully, it’s death. Despite my near constant fear, it has so far escaped me. Today, at least, it has escaped me. But the day is still young, and …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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The Dahmer series might have been good, except….
I watch a lot of TV. Always have. Sometimes it’s series; sometimes movies. Sometimes I want the escape; sometimes I just need the noise in the background. It can be any genre and I judge only according to intent. If you just wanna show me some car chases and explosions, and you do that, I’m pretty much guaranteed to like …
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