One evening, while sitting on velvet lounge chairs at a venue my friend and I were far too young to be patroning, in a fit of uncharacteristic (read: alcohol-infused) inspiration, I shared my dream in full for the first time. I had little idea what I was going to say before I started, but, taking […]
A few weeks ago, I decided to go on an instagram-diet. Actually. I got so angry at Instagram that it wasn’t a conscious pre-planned-choice diet. It was an angry, fuck you, I am never eating (read: scrolling) again kind of diet filled with “I am deleting you and never going back, you make me miserable […]
“I have this awesome African American friend named Ty. He’s a really smart guy…went to Harvard. He is so well spoken. You all should meet him some day.” Completely lovely intro of me, right? Wait…why did he call me “African American?” Why didn’t he just call me a black man? Or just a friend? Why […]