I was watching “The 80’s: The decade that made us” on National Geographic channel and made some interesting observations that I catapulted me into reflection: How obnoxious was the “Just say no to drugs” campaign. Like really? That’s what we thought it took to address substance abuse and addiction?..just...
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He beat me for not being you…
“He beat me when you not here, I say. Who do, she say, Albert? Mr. ____, I say. I can’t believe it, she say. She sit down on the bench next to me real hard, like she drop. What he beat you for? she ast. For being me and...
On Unlearning self-hate pt2
So I begin here, thinking: Self-sacrifice is a quietly implicit & understated acknowledgement that the self is loved & worthy, anything else creates indebtedness. In order for me to sacrifice for someone or something, I have to consent to the worth and value of that person or thing. Yet,...
On Unlearning SELF-hate pt1
I absolutely love Kendrick Lamar’s song, “i” from which he vaunts “I love myself.” I love to hear him sing it; painfully aware of the distance when I attempt to sing along. Today, I’m thinking about the multitude of ways that I have rehearsed self-hate and self-rejection. Ways that...
Representations of Freedom
“Most of the time he’ll be working and so much of his freedom will have to be symbolic. And what will be his or any man’s most easily accessible symbol of freedom? Why, a woman, of course. In twenty minutes, he can inflate that symbol with all the freedom...