Thoughts on the rapidly evolving demands of a movement — The future is female. That’s what I’ve been hearing, anyway. Or the future is feminist. The future is this, the future is that. What I want to know is when, exactly, is “the future” going to get here? And what are we going to do about the fact that we are not even remotely…

The rates are low, and they don’t need to be. — “In K–3 [grade]children are learning to read, and in 4–12 children are reading to learn.” (Chall, Jacobs, & Baldwin, 1990) This is a quote I learned while training to become a Reading Specialist for 1st-3rd graders. While more recent educational research has drawn this assertion into question, the impact of…

Quick links to all of my stories by category. — Thanks for stopping by. In case you didn’t read my little tagline, I’m a bisexual Black feminist who writes about things mostly related to that. I write for a couple of publications and am the Editor-in-Chief of BLK INK. Sign-up for my newsletter if you’d like to get more of…

“Have you tried…?” and other things people with chronic conditions are tired of hearing. — I have chronic conditions and comorbidities. It’s a hard thing for me to talk about. It has a name, but I struggle to say it. And to be honest, to further prove the point of this article and avoid the very thing I’m denouncing in the comments, I won’t be…

How she gets it right when so many others fall short — If I can be honest, I’m not big on music videos these days and haven’t been for a long time. I see two women flicking their tongues at each other, eyes turned towards the camera — a proxy for a presumably male viewer — rubbing each other’s bodies while simultaneously…

Why are Black people only expected to thrive under duress? — My partner recently completed a training program for a technical field that introduced them to the first Black instructor they’ve ever had in all of their educational history — and they have a Bachelor’s degree. All the trainees were low-income, in the age range of 18–24, and most were Black…

I’m not in the business of arguing with strangers online — I write about a lot of “controversial” topics. Social justice. Feminism. Blackness. And for the most part, I’m having a good time. Reading other articles and doing the research that goes along with writing has been enjoyable, if a lot of work at times. But overall I would describe my…

Sub-genres I started reading that changed my worldview — Like a lot of people I know, I spent my formative years immersed in fictional worlds. I was a regular at the local library. I was sneakily reading trilogies under my desk when I should’ve been doing calculus. I rarely spent more than a few days per book and blew…

Gender’s not a fact. The man is transphobic. Can we move on? — Can we move on? Please? I’m so tired. Ever since The Closer dropped on October 5th, the internet has kind of sucked. More so than usual, anyway. The comedy special was immediately trending as one of the top programs on Netflix, and ever since I haven’t managed to escape it…