Archive - mon trés cher

or Bonding While Black (Corrected Version)

Nov 14, 2021 •

September 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.

Sep 4, 2021 •

July 2021

A Showgirl's Mindfulness Moment

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 •

May 2021

Falling and Getting Up

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

May 14, 2021 •

March 2021

To all the whites I’ve loved before

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…

Mar 10, 2021 •

January 2021

Goody Two Shoes

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

Jan 28, 2021 •

Blessed Assurance

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 •

December 2020

On Being Followed

I got off the bus one stop early so that I could take the shortcut down Guerrero to 18th.

Dec 27, 2020 •

Limbs of Lamentation

A year from yesterday, I sat quiet with my grandmother on the couch in her living room.

Dec 14, 2020 •

On the Path Again

This is a picture of me from 6 years ago, attempting to do crow pose in my kitchen.

Dec 6, 2020 •

Guttural poetry and musings on race, gender, queerness and spirituality.

Welcome to montrescher by me, qianya vinson (she/her/hers).

Dec 3, 2020 •

WordPress is a lovely tool, no doubt, but requires a bit too much thought and effort when all a bitch wants is to write.

Dec 3, 2020 •

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