Yesterday I was scrolling through Instagram and came upon the conspiracy theory that Sandra Bland was already deceased in her mug shot. Upon reading this my stomach dropped, as if the situation wasn’t already bad enough. It shook me. I then felt a real fear of leaving the house. What seemed like a routine traffic…
Month: July 2015
Don’t You Hate It When Non-Black People Go All Michael Rappaport On You?
Ugh, Michael Rappaport, I loathe him. But anyway, I was at a work event today and a guy I’d met at a mixer previously decided to approach me all like “ayyyyyye, gurl how you doin da-day?” I’m like…err, I distinctly remember him not being all slangy with me before so what has changed and what into…
Happy Mandela Day 2015: Help Save Africa House LA
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead” – Nelson Mandela What are you doing to change the world? Your country? Your State? Your City? Your Neighborhood? From…
Would You Date A Person Who is HIV Positive?
I have been watching this great show called Shuga Naija. It follows the lives of young people in Lagos, Nigeria just trying to live and love. There was a character who was in a relationship with a woman who was HIV positive and he was HIV negative. He decided to stay in the realtionship with…
So South Carolina Took Down the Confederate Flag At The Capitol…Whoopty Damn Doo
This is just another example of treating the symptom and not the cause. Ok, so that flag won’t fly at the capitol, but that is just one place. The flag will still fly at people’s homes and businesses. The flag will still be painted on the side of buildings and trucks. The flag will still…
Humh, Am I Horny or Lonely?
I was watching a Dormtainment podcast titled “Do Men Get Lonely” and it came to my attention that a couple of the guys were equating loneliness for being horny. IMO, they are two totally different things. Horny is a physical need. It is a longing for sexual gratification. The state of being horny brings about…