Jun 20Member-onlyDear Black man, please consider getting professional help for your mental healthDid you know among it being Pride and Black Music Month it’s also Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month? I didn’t know about this until a few years ago. So that being said, to my fellow Black men out there, I simply want to ask the following: are you taking care…Mental Health10 min read
May 31Member-onlyLiving with looming specters of deathA month ago, in a video essay about Black boyhood F.D Signifier said: “…I think about death a lot. …Society4 min read
May 19Member-onlyIn remembrance of the lives lost in Buffalo, New YorkThis past Saturday, in Buffalo New York, ten human beings’ lives were stolen by an accepted function of America. I’ve grappled with how should I remember them. Or rather what feels like the most earnest way to think about them? …Black Lives Matter5 min read
May 9Member-onlyLand of diminishing rightsIt’s amazing, a leaked draft to overturn Roe v. Wade was shared with the public. And we’re supposed to believe that the US is the land of the free & opportunities? — If you’re familiar with my work, we both know that’s not exactly true. The highest judiciary of the…Healthcare3 min read
Apr 6Member-onlyIf people wanna express they aren’t okay? That’s fine, that’s being humanThe older I get and the more experiences I have, I understand again and again, people are going to feel the feelings they want. Whether you or I like it doesn’t mean a god damn thing. Life remains consistently difficult and highly complicated for every one of us. So folks…Mental Health4 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyI love being Black, not for the world but for Black folksI thought saying/showing I love being Black to the world was a defense against its anti-Black nature. However I’m come to understand that’s not when I do it. I openly express I love being Black as an ongoing act of love and admiration to other Black people. The reason is…Wellness5 min read
Feb 1Member-onlyLeave those groups that aren’t intersectional enough youWe’re now in the second month of 2022, so I’d like to remind you; leave those social circles and group chats that aren’t intersectional enough for you. It’s an overdue act of kindness that you owe yourself — so leave those groups. Now, stop me if this sounds familiar; has…Wellness4 min read
Dec 30, 2021Member-onlyMy biggest achievement of the year?I promise you I was going to write one of them “here’s my achievements of the year” things I see that many of my peers are doing. However…I don’t think I want to or will? Simply because I’m revaluating what are achievements for myself? Is it merely goals posts from…Wellness4 min read
Nov 24, 2021Member-onlyWhat is a Black Life Worth to Society: A Year LaterSo, we are now a year (well year is almost done) after the murders and protests of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd — so many others because that’s reality. In that time I’ve learned, analyzed, ruminated, and got reminded about…Black Lives Matter14 min read
Apr 29, 2021Member-onlyLaugh, Cry, and or Curse It All If You WantSo we are now a week removed from the Derek Chauvin case and him being guilty, guilty, guilty. I can still remember how it felt like time stopped as the verdict was being reading. Afterwards? I’m not sure what I felt/feel exactly. A lot of emotions and what do we…Social Justice5 min read