Directionless Without My GPS
On Blooming
Having spent my adult years away from Texas, one of the things I’ve most appreciated is living in places where there are four distinct seasons. It feels so poetic to visually observe nature’s shifts and the lessons she teaches us about time, place, and the various speeds living things move at. As the coronavirus showed…
Talking in Vain & Calling Names
A huge part of me twinges each time I hear my roommate say “Jesus Christ.” She is not Christian culturally or personally and for me that only makes her “taking the Lord’s name in vain” worse. I’m not particularly religious but if I were I’d be in the liberation theology camp aka yes I LOVE…
Breathe Easy
This morning as I laid in bed meditating, I knew I had gotten really good at clearing my mind. Sure, I may have spent a little time thinking about how in an eternity from now when my time comes, I wanna go in my coffin in a plant-based kanekalon kinky-straight lace front slayed by Michelle…
A Year of Bad Behavior and Ableist Responses to It
The year 2020 showed us it was a force to be reckoned with and so far 2021 is pulling no punches. With the loss of life, power, and water in the wake of Winter Storm Uri in Texas, this year continues to frighten. As my family and friends back home went days without power or…
A Moment of Pause (The Capitol Siege)
I am tired of the news and even my own experiences seeming to resemble speculative fiction, poorly constructed policy debate link stories, and end-time events. The last 10.5 months have been entirely bizarre. But so was Trump’s entire candidacy and presidency. I am unimpressed by the reactiveness on the parts of social media platforms and…
Falling in Love with Autumn
Growing up in Texas, I didn’t understand the hype about the four seasons until I went to college in the Midwest. I love the warmth so winters there were terrible. Beyond that, a Midwest September and Texas December are more or less the same so it was cold for a good chunk of the year.…
Notes on November 7
On Saturday, I chose happiness. I was taking a virtual yoga class taught by my friend KT (which has me still feeling sore) when the news came in. When I headed out Downtown to see what was good, tons of flags (American, Biden + Harris, Puerto Rican, PRIDE and Black Lives Matter) were hoisted on…
My Top Social Distancing Podcast Picks
I’ve been a fan of podcasts for a minute now, but sitting up in the house all day, I’m listening more and more. I love the inspiration to break up the monotony of being bored in the house while I’m in the house bored. At this point, I find that with few exceptions, I no…
A Cultural Loss
I’ve never before felt the loss of a public figure. Yet over the last couple days, I’ve noticed an intermittent heaviness in my chest. I know the streets will mourn Jay-Z when he’s gone, but I remember my confusion after Nipsey Hussle’s passing. I wondered how a rapper I’d never heard of could have had…
On Self-Advocacy
As I’ve been reading academic literature on second-generation immigrant identity, I’ve been thinking about how others have interpreted my race and ethnicity, especially within educational spaces. As I do this, I’m grappling with the reality that being the daughter of Nigerian immigrants has afforded me certain privileges relative to my Black American siblings. With the…
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