The Next Chapter
New beginnings. There is nothing particularly simple about deciding to uproot your life particularly when you’re over 30 and when it’s not one state over but across the country. But I’ve found that the moments in my life that make absolutely no sense to me are the moments when I allow God to do his best work.
What’s Not to Get About Love Jones?
I’ve often heard folks including my mother, hi mom, say they just don’t get Love Jones, and I’m here to stan. Now, when the film originally premiered in 1997, I didn’t have a clue. I was eleven years old. However, when revisiting as an adult, I got the hype. I can’t watch it without grinning, so I decided to share my side of the story.
What If I’m Not Ready Yet?
Summer is feeling in full swing here on the East Coast and after the year and a half we’ve had, I get why folks are ready to get back in action. But everything in me has been asking, “Am I ready to get back to the rat race?”
What is the work?
I have often heard people talk about doing the work but it can sound so empty. What does it even mean to be doing the work? Well, for the last 4-5 months I think I’ve finally gotten a glimpse of what that entails. Let me assure you, it is not glamorous.
Heaux Tales and Lori Harvey
By no means am I calling Lori Harvey a hoe. But I feel like the conversation surrounding both Jazmine Sullivan’s latest project Heaux Tales and Lori Harvey’s undisputed dating roster comes from a similar place. Black women celebrating autonomy over their own bodies.