Nope. I just don't. I just don't care anymore. I don't give a fig. For far too long, I've cared far too much. I've worried about what people thought of how I was dressed. I agonized over how people considered my hair, my make up, my outfits, the way my ass looked in those pants.… Continue reading I Just Don’t Care Anymore
I ask myself often: do I live in the ghetto? No, not really. I live in the suburbs. But as time has gone on, and we've moved from one nice area that turned out to be not-so-nice, to another, I've come to realize something: the suburbs may be synonymous with the ghetto. We moved on… Continue reading Am I Destined To Live In the Ghetto?
I was called an idiot over social media today. Facebook. Comments. Big surprise. I had commented on one of the hundreds of articles shared this week regarding the death of Cecil the Lion. If you don't know what happened - i.e. you live under a rock - Zimbabwe's, and perhaps the world's, most beloved black-maned… Continue reading We Need To Talk About Cecil
If I live a long life, I imagine myself to be like one of those old people in the movies - the narrators, the storytellers. You know, they always have one, final story to tell. The movie begins and ends with them. It's always about the defining moment in their lives, invariably unloaded onto some… Continue reading The Dress is White and Gold, and By the Way It’s Also the End Of the World As We Know It
I've had to do far too much supporting of others lately, and it has taken a toll on me. Keeping my mouth shut and my opinions to myself has pent up so much anger and frustration within me that I literally want to scream the truth in people's faces sometimes - am I the only one… Continue reading Being Supportive Does Not Always Make You A Good Person
Unless you live under a rock, or the only news you read yesterday was about how many models Leonardo di Caprio left a recent party with (the answer to that is 20...he left with 20 models), you heard about the coldblooded massacre at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris yesterday. For those even further under… Continue reading The Pen Is Not Mightier Than the Sword If It Is Silenced Forever. (On Charlie Hebdo.)
Unless you live under a rock, or are involved in a much more catastrophic, international crisis (like the one going on over in Iraq; yeah - hello - did people forget about that one?)...then, you are aware of a few certain tragedies that occurred over the last few days; most discussed being the deaths of Robin… Continue reading WWRWD? (What Would Robin Williams Do?)
