Quitting books is something I normally don’t like to do. I don’t want to give up on them, just like I wouldn’t want someone giving up on me. I tend to have great expectations (get it? Because that’s a white canon classic novel by Charles Dickens?? I crack myself up) and then they are subsequently… Continue reading On quitting books for self-care
Lately, I feel like my posts have been about nothing. I don’t know why, but it feels as if I have just been writing about anything and nothing of importance. I don’t feel funny and I don’t feel deep and I don’t feel like I’m creating content that motivates people to change the world. I… Continue reading Finding the light
I’m 25 years old. I am too old for YA books. What do I have in common with these 15-17-year-olds who think they’re adults and have experienced the real world? Or that’s what I thought. I don’t know why I was so against YA. I guess I had (still kinda have) this perception of YA… Continue reading YA is Also for Adults, I Guess
I never thought I would see the day that I would like these white women thrillers. It all started with Gone Girl. I read it ironically. I had no intention of watching the movie. I just had a healthy curiosity of why this book was so popular. Gillian Flynn is my girl! I also read… Continue reading Searching for Thrills
I have never really listened to Common’s music. I like intelligent, lyrical rap, but I think I felt like his music was too cerebral for me. Like I would rather read it as poetry than to hear it be recited aloud. I just finished his memoir Let Love Have the Last Word. It was pretty… Continue reading Letting Love Have the Last Word
At what age do you figure out how to expertly navigate relationships? After reading the memoir, The Naked Truth by Leslie Morgan, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are all doomed to blindly (I mean this in the most non-ableist way) stumbling in the dark trying our hardest to not get hurt or to… Continue reading Truth Hurts
Representation matters so much. Seeing art, success, and passion come from other black women makes me feel like I can do and create anything. I don’t feel so inadequate and insignificant when I see those who come before me doing great things (but it’s also just as important to see people who look like me… Continue reading Normal Black Girls Rock Too
