I didn’t realize how much I relied on body movement during my pre-pandemic lifestyle. Work-related walking, running errands, engaging in hobbies — I was constantly on the go. But, of course, that abruptly stopped in March 2020. There’s been a gradual increase in where I go and what I do…

Namor Can Fucking Kick Rocks — *Warning: Ain’t nothing but spoilers in this bitch. Black Panther 2, Wakanda Forever, was a beautiful ride, heartbreaking but beautiful, just like real life. Taking the time to honor the loss of its star is something one rarely sees in this white supremacist capitalist hellscape. That Ryan Coogler was able…

I’ve heard all their bullshit rationales for anti-Blackness, and I’m not entertaining them anymore — I’ve spent too many years undoing the lies of white supremacist patriarchal capitalism. It has permeated every aspect of my life, from the ways I wore my hair, the clothing in my closet, the food I’d deemed acceptable, my size, my skin tone, how I speak, where I live, and…

I recently heard Black men were planning to boycott Black Panther 2 if Shuri dons the Black Panther mantle. They even started a hashtag movement,#RecastTChalla. I wish I were surprised or disappointed, but I’m not. People don’t see Black MaGes as peers. Instead, we’re reduced as tools they discard on…

From violence to self-care — “You can become an unremarkable part of my day or act in a way that makes me remember you.” When I was a kid, I wanted to be unremarkable. I wanted to move through the world mostly unnoticed because to be noticed was to be bullied. To be noticed was…

I’ve been in a terrible headspace for the past couple of days. Not the general “everything is awful” shit that is our current reality (thanks white people) but that questioning my desire to exist type shit. It’s bad. It’s REALLY bad. Yesterday I started crying and I’ve been on the…

TLDR: It’s Violently Self-Centered Fuckery — I read something the other day about neurodivergence where the person said that they didn’t think peer pressure was a real thing because they’d never experienced it — mainly because they kept asking why until whoever suggested the thing got frustrated and went away. I know what they were saying…