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Being called an “Oreo” as a young girl and throughout adulthood was a dagger thrown at me for existing in a Black body while cranking my head to Nirvana; knowing all the lyrics to R.E.M.’s Green album; shopping at Lululemon; dying my hair purple; dating white folx; making vegan…

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or Bonding While Black (Corrected Version)

Nov 14, 2021

I started this blog as a way to express some of the heartaches that I have felt and continue to feel as a Black Femme. Over the course of this crazy…

Sep 4, 2021

In my early thirties I played Missy Marmalade, a shy, slightly awkward member of Harlem Shake Burlesque, the nation’s first all-Black burlesque troupe…

Jul 6, 2021

sorry I'm late I didn't want to come

May 14, 2021

Or why I couldn't bring myself to buy weed until it was legal

Jan 28, 2021

Rosemarie tapped my shoulder to whisper, It’s time. I leapt to my feet and sat on the edge of the bed taking Grandma’s hand as she took her last few…

Jan 7, 2021

I got off the bus one stop early so that I could take the shortcut down Guerrero to 18th. By providence, I caught a stranger’s eyes on me as I exited…

Dec 27, 2020

mon trés cher

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