In the other reply I stated that having children was a choice. Unbeknownst to me, you’d further addressed it here. I’m not saying some haven’t situations where all went wrong, like a broken condom or birth control pill failures or even the rare in the moment where folks threw caution to the wind cos of passion, but I…

Sis, I apologize for the super late reply to such a personal, vulnerable disclosure. I’m just returning home and reading this. Asthma and a prolonged cold & cough got bad enough that I decided to go take a covid test today. The past year I’ve have very little contact with others unless except absolutely necessary. Hope…

This. How deeply are we meant to think he loves regular folk if “he comes at his son like some random in the street?” Aren’t trust and esteem earned? To your other point, there was entirely too much venom for this to have been an isolated incident. We don’t experience a 180 deviation from our values just because we’re…

I’m really, really over the “I’m not perfect...I’m just human” line. None of us has EVER mistaken clergy for The Divine. Given how much power they wield (and are given), it behooves them to have good character. Pastor, Priest, Imam, Rabbi, Manbo, Houngan, Santera/o, etc. If this were a rapper or a teen parents,…

What a touching story! It made me tear up. So glad you met him and that he was kind. People who make us feel seen and affirmed are the best. Super duper cool that adult you got to personally connect with the man who inspired young child you.

Sis, you came through with ALL the receipts, huh? The ancestors are pleased. After her bigotry and centering herself even as she attacked a Black woman, you channeled millennia of Black Mamas saying, “You want to cry? I’ll give you something to cry about (long after the cameras stop rolling).” See the lie of…

Dave Barry does have the same shtick. Much of it is humorous, but I’ve learned that he’s comfortable making some statements/”jokes” regarding nonWhite people that are problematic at best, racist at worst. He’s the type that thinks he’s so “obviously” a good guy and liberal that any and all criticism is unwarranted and…

This is just it. There are multiple CONTINENTS where their evil has run amok. Its stunning that British high honors to civilians include the word, “empire”. E.g. “Order of the British Empire” aka OBE. Many actors and people who’ve excelled in other fields have them. Ditto, the MBE, etc. Meanwhile, little is known…

All of this and more speak to why the enthusiasm around Bridgerton is disturbing and destructive. I get it: the U.S. has decreed that The British accent is sophisticated, proper, etc. However for several decades, the U.S. one has been more popular and ubiquitous. Plus, the relationship between the two is steeped in…

I hear you. I still laughed cos folks get heated about dominoes and pool, too. It all looks really fun and exciting until it isn’t. I’ll just watch (wistfully) and cheer all y’all on.

I can hear the incredulity in Kenya’s tone.         :)

I absolutely concur. I was confused enough that I kept staring at the screen. 

I’m sleepy and about to go to bed. So this feels a bit surreal like I might realize I had a weird dream within a dream. Um, wouldn’t his worthless leader’s views on African countries apply to this one? (Racist-White-boy-terrorist who by definition hates non-Whites flees to *checks notes* East Africa, the cradle of…

There is much beauty and power in the songs that shifted my mood. On another post I mentioned how much I’ve listened to “Boderation” and “Cool Runnings” these past couple of weeks. One feels the music profoundly. It’s divine. Peace to his family here. Here’s to a joyful reunion with his Wailer brothers who preceded…

Oh, that’s amazing. Were you able to take a picture? I’m Ghanaian-American and The Black Star is part of our flag because of Garvey. It’s also the name of the men’s national football team.

Oh, my word. I didn’t know this. The last of the original Wailers trio and the only one who lived to be an elder. These past few weeks I’ve frequently listened to “Boderation” and “Cool Runnings”. Thanks for sharing this.

True story. The men I know who cultivate strong, healthy, supportive and clearly loving connections with other men are fuller human beings. Through playful teasing as well as serious questions about perspectives, they are better at making space for vulnerability and growth within themselves and others.

Oh, my word. This man out here looking like Eric B’s pappy or at least an earlier iteration of the rapper. SEXY.

LOL @ “us jealous, dark skinned Black women” cos those guys have revealed themselves to be NO prize(s). They’re financially rich but impoverished in every other way. Hard pass for us both as they don’t remotely meet our standards. I know how it’s framed, though. Lol. Nicole is HARD on the eyes. I give her credit for…

I give credit to the ones trying to learn and aware that their children have different lived experiences from theirs. I often feel for the offspring because neither parent seemed to have taken this into account. The type of dude to impregnate Iggy Azealea (self proclaimed “runaway slave catcher”) is self-loathing. The…