**Spoiler Alert: Do Not Read if you have not watched Season 4** I finished watching season 4 of Orange is the New Black about a couple weeks ago…and I’ve finally gotten around to rendering my opinion on the season…I have one word: Whoa.
Tag: race
A Long Week, A Long Life
I was looking up a word in the dictionary and I noticed my word of the day (on 7/9) was jovial. My immediate response to that was “there was nothing jovial about this past week.”
Another Day, Another Face, Another Hashtag
So I wake up this morning, and have the unfortunate task of having to stomach yet another video posted on social media of a man being shot and killed. This morning, I saw another name as a hashtag. #AltonSterling
#AltonSterling
Because it matters ….
Was Chris Rock Too Much??
Yes, yes, yes. I watched the Oscars last night. I know I may seem like I shouldn’t have, but I did. I know a lot of my friends who did and a lot who didn’t; and I support all of them. I just chose to watch it, because I wanted to see what Chris Rock…
My Heart Breaks for Savannah
This has really been something that has stuck with me in the past couple weeks. I recently found out about a domestic dispute that resulted in a murder-suicide in Savannah, Ga. The young lady who was killed was only 19 years old and had a child. It was heartbreaking to read. Lately, it seems that…
Do Black Lives Matter to Us?
My husband and I were having a discussion about the latest tragedies, where innocent black lives are being taken for no particular reason. I told him how it literally made me sick to think about; to know that yet another man/woman/child is being slain by a white person. I am usually not one to focus…
#ConfessionsofaLocdGoddess: You Can’t Wear Locs if You’re Not Black…Huh?
I wrote a post a while back entitled Hair Envy and IG Pages to Follow . In that post, I mentioned 3 Instagram pages I follow for loc inspiration. One page in particular, locology (@locology on Instagram) is possibly the most diverse. On this particular page, you can find locs from different stages, but also…
Watch “Q&A at the #BLACKLIVESMATTER After Show” on YouTube
A q &a session I watched from a poetry group I often listen to. Very powerful and eye-opening discussion
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