Recently a friend of mine brought up an unfortunate recurring event in her personal life. She noticed that a certain subset of her...

Last year I wrote a piece called, “Y’all Really Hate Black Women, Don’t You?” At the time it related to Halle Bailey being cast in the live-action Little Mermaid movie and then spread out into other times where Black women had a chance to shine and (mostly) racists got mad about it. This time around, I got pulled into this position due to the infamous death of Kobe Bryant and the journalistic integrity of Gayle King. I honestly wasn’t going to jump too far into the conversati

The week starting February 5th, 2006 was as normal as any other week for me. I was looking forward to my birthday on the 14th and my tax...

Close to a year ago I saw an announcement that The L Word would be returning as The L Word: Generation Q. One of my favorite shows was...

(The Oppression Olympics is my look into people wanting to compete over who has it worse in a zero-sum game.) I’m making this one really...

I had been planning to write about my experiences with ulcerative colitis for about a year. Last year was the 5th anniversary of my...

The last week of 2013 was the worst time leading up to the best. I just had to get there first. By this time, I had worked a little over...

If you’ve been keeping up this far, you can tell that this was a big deal for me being diagnosed with this disease and obviously it was...

For transparency's sake, there was a long blog I wrote to go along with this but while stumbling over files on my computer, I came across...

January 13, 2014: Post-surgery, I woke up in my hospital room not feeling too different but knowing something was different. I was tired...

Okay, that may or may not have been a sensational headline but there’s a reason for it. I feel like suicide prevention is something...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

Kuumba: Creativity - To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

I’ve meant to do this in the past but never felt I had the right outlet or platform for it. Now that I’ve finally got my own site it’s...

On December 13th, 2019, Michael Harriot of theroot.com sent out a tweet stating: Then Black Twitter, as usual, did its thing and weighed...

Apparently, I’m not supposed to be who I am. As a Black male in America, people have preconceived notions about my character before they...