My father knew me until I was 16 years old And I sometimes wonder if he would love me now: No longer awkward and self-conscious, But pensive still. With my birthday one day and Father’s Day the next I grow older and we grow farther apart.
Birthday
Fond/Found
Find role models for friends: People with grit and gold who nourish you. Find teachers for mentors Folk who inspire you and fill your hands with life’s clues. Find family with endless, righteous love Those who support you, love you, and value you. The house you build is important Yet the communities you fill…
I’m Tired
I’m tired of repeating myself. I’m tired of over explaining myself. I’m tired of having to fluff your ego. I’m tired of being your fluffer. I’m tired of people not listening. I’m tired of people waiting for me to finish so they can continue talking. I’m tired of working with people who don’t give a…
How Should We Talk About Intolerance?
How should we discuss injustice and intolerance so that our audience isn’t uncomfortable, guilt-stricken or attacked? Simple. Well maybe not. Personally, I don’t think it’s possible to have honest, behaviour changing conversations without these feelings. I do think there are ways of calling out racist, xenophobic, intolerant behaviours in a way that is respectful, but…
Paris
“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find themself in places no one has been before.” — Albert Einstein “You came here alone?” The waiter asked me as she placed a glass on my table. “Yes.” I said, smiling up…
Mistresses and Transphobia
As a cisgender person, it is my responsibility to call out transphobia when I see it to promote safe spaces, the comfort and mental wellbeing of trans-folk. Being cisgender comes with many socio-political advantages and I recognize that. That said, every night I get home from work and turn on my tele to any “wallpaper”…
Excerpts from: The Table Called “cAfrica.”
I went to a high school that changed my life. And while I pride myself on living in hyperbole that statement is the truest of my many exaggerations. I went to a high school that changed my life for many reasons: I had two teachers–Mrs. M and Mr. G–who taught me to both get my…
Book List – One
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Black Like Me by John Howard Griffith To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugendies 15 Dogs by Andre Alexis Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones A Room of One’s Own by…
