Last year I unblocked my mother and yesterday we spoke to each other for 90 minutes. It is surreal to have a close relationship to someone, when you have known them your whole life, but you don't in fact KNOW them. In this podcast I talk about how my relationship with her has helped me to double down on the fact that people do not change until they…

Two months ago I was reviewing my old blog posts to see if there was any posts that I wanted to include in Black Girls Are from the Future, VLII. While I was reading it, I was did not recognize myself. Then I decided to revisit the old post but as an OG. It is a wild ride. I am fundraising to get my books and journals into Black bookstores in DC, B…

I saw a post on threads earlier this morning and I had a visceral reaction to it. The post asked "What do you do when your friend ghosts you?" I responded "I am assume she is depressed, dying or both." Then I had to take a moment and step back because I have not always been on this kind of time. In fact, making this assumption is new for me. In thi…