This post is dedicated to the only bell that will keep ringing, bell hooks (1952-2021) Note to every Black writer whom will come across this space: Whether you blog, vlog, … Continue reading 28 DAYS OF BLACKNESS: BLACK WRITERS MATTER
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#BlockBlogsMatter Challenge-Week 13 (2021)
Ah, and here we go–CENTERING MINORITY VOICES. As a writer, as a minority writer, as a minority writer with a platform, I am a minority writer, who takes great happiness … Continue reading #BlockBlogsMatter Challenge-Week 13 (2021)
28 Days Of Blackness: A Love Letter To #BlackTikTok
Note: This list is not exhaustive! Who I list in the following piece are amazing, intelligent, semi-ratchet and now apart of my TikTok family! Follow them. Thank you. In the … Continue reading 28 Days Of Blackness: A Love Letter To #BlackTikTok
2020 Year In Review: WE ARE TURNING 4!
Thank you to my team of Shauncea Shotwell, Rebecca Quarles, Jayida Tyler, and Meisha Davis. Without you all, none of this will and would be possible. I thank you. This … Continue reading 2020 Year In Review: WE ARE TURNING 4!

For The Little Black Boys That Had To Wait To See Themselves As Superheroes…
In my family, my father constantly quoted Obi Wan Kinobi to my mother: “I have been waiting for you Obi Wan. And now the circle is complete! When we met … Continue reading For The Little Black Boys That Had To Wait To See Themselves As Superheroes…
Black Girls Aren’t Allowed To Be Mad–They Are ‘Bitter’
This past semester, I graduated from my Alma Mater, UM-St. Louis (UMSL). At this university, I was blessed–yes, blessed!–to have taken my ENGL 3720: Literature After 1865. This class taught … Continue reading Black Girls Aren’t Allowed To Be Mad–They Are ‘Bitter’
28 (29) Days Of Blackness: The Power Of The Black Writer
Chloe Ardelia Wolford, known the world as the dynamic Toni Morrison, instructs those whom read and write to ‘decolonize the canon.’ When I came across this quote, I sat with … Continue reading 28 (29) Days Of Blackness: The Power Of The Black Writer
Do You Like Scary Stories? -Part 1
“Black history is Black horror.” -Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman This documentary was reviewed in February of this year. I invite you to re-read it, and then come right back. … Continue reading Do You Like Scary Stories? -Part 1

Not Today…
Admin Note: This piece uses strong language, and is frank with its candor concerning activism. It is important such pieces be written as it makes plain the frustration which sometimes … Continue reading Not Today…
On The Backside Of Vision
“I will come in, and leave, as power.” -JBHarris, 2019 Dear Mrs. Harris: Oracle. Teacher. Voice. Author. Blogger. I am proud of you, Sis! Look at you! Writing, and schmoozing, … Continue reading On The Backside Of Vision