Thoughts and Prayers Thoughts and prayers To show you care About people who were once breathing. who are now lying around, their bodies not achieving To escape the bullets that reigned, And killed or maimed Them because someone who turned 18 Purchased a weapon called AR15. Send thoughts and prayers. …

Black is NOT Beautiful: Examining our subconscious biases: I see all these beautiful pictures of Black women with perfect skin tones like Alek Wek (The world-famous British-Sudanese model) and I marvel at her magnificence. Her skin colour looks so perfect that it seems as if all her pictures have been…

Amazing DisGrace: Becoming a pastor, priest or minister of a Christian church is no longer a “calling” from God. Lately, it has become an easy way to make money, much like the dot com millionaires did in the past. The opportunity presents itself for fast and slick-talking salespeople to enter…

Sweetest Taboo part XI: Stop objectifying women of colour: My love and I were invited to a friend’s barbecue. We had been together for about 6 years already. …

She Named My Baby I am writing this not as an authority on transgender people but as a cishet person who had a close friend who is transgender. …

Goldilocks was GUILTY: The Goldilocks phenomenon: The belief that has swept society for a while is that you have to be a certain way when you’re a victim. We believe victims of violence when they look “pure.” Our idea of purity is “challenged” when the victim is loud, sassy, a…

The Sweetest Taboo Part X Is this legal? My love and I landed in financial trouble when we lost our jobs. There is nothing worse than not knowing your rights and having creditors hound you until you promise to pay, even if you have to sell a kidney. The constant…

The Sweetest Taboo Part IX: Under the magic spell. My mother in law and I have declared a truce. We both love the same man in different ways, and hopefully, she realizes that I am not the worst that could happen to her son because I am not white. So…

Words can heal or harm: they can uplift your spirits and make them soar as if you’re floating on a cloud of weightlessness while injected with ketamine. They can also plunge you into the darkest recesses of hell, making you feel depressed, unworthy and generally “not good enough.” Some stories…