Lately, I’ve found myself spending a significant amount of money on things that I believe will make my life easier both during and after the pandemic. I’ve invested in everything from gardening tools to Fallout 4 add-ons to having my cat food delivered automatically. I’ve also been trying to avoid posting about any of it … Opinion: The Poor Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Spending During the Pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What I Heard I heard my son William and my students who have Autism crying out in fear, trying to find the right words to match the pictures in their heads, to match the confusion of what was happening to their bodies, to explain what neurotypical Black men cannot explain in these situations “I … What I Heard
You’ll say these boys was a victim of the culture. That they was done in by music, movies, TV. You’ll call it senseless. You weren’t there. You couldn’t smell the electric air as them big dark clouds piled up in the sky along battle lines drawn by God Hisself. You couldn’t see the nervous look … You’re Welcome
First off, there will be spoilers in this review. I am not hesitating with the spoilers because nothing surprising happens in this movie. It starts out very promising: Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) is escaping the home of her abusive lover. She finds sanctuary in the home of her childhood friend, James, a cop played by Aldis … Movies Like The Invisible Man Need to Disappear
Solidarity Capitalism 1. If solidarity meantour freedomall liveswould be written in bullet bloodbreath would be more thanbrand. 2. We stand with you—now here’s 20% offour next bullshit. 3.Mega whitepreachers:All green blessings matter,Amen? 4.Need Black writersand people of colorto create the clicksneeded for cash. 5.Juneteenth—a new paid holidayto market freedomto consumers whowant a not racist coupon. … Three Poems by Kelly Harris
Writing poetry is about conveying feeling and experience in a way that allows someone to pick up your poem and live within its words. For poets working within any form, from a taxing, if not maddening, pantoum or sestina to the guitar solo that free verse can be, working toward an economical use of language … Co-authored: English-language Haiku Borrows from the Japanese Form to Create Meaning
“All I want to do is paint, man, because it’s in me and I need to get it out. I need to open up this throat. I need to, I need to…yeah. Yeah. There’s a soft, strange sound as I lay down the last streak of black. I pause and look around, confused for a … Review: N. K. Jemisin’s The City We Became is Almost Great
Reflection on a Desire for a People’s Literature By Kristina Kay Robinson Today, Black Americans again find themselves in the crosshairs. The target of America’s militarized police–our deaths the crux of the country’s media machine. The abysmal statistics cited in a recent audit of diversity in publishing by Lee & Low Books and painfully revelatory … Free the Work:
I don’t remember when I first met Aelva Mackintosh. I know I was living in Olympia, WA attending The Evergeen State College. Living either in the Deer Run Apartments, a shabby little complex not far from campus. Nothing in town was far from campus. At the time, I was a pissed-off confused kid who wanted … The Whimsical Illustrations of Aelva Mackintosh
We all know the story, like the intro sequence of a self-serious, binge-worthy TV drama. New Orleans is your lovable, but unfortunate friend. The city who can’t seem to get our act together. We suffer disaster after avoidable disaster. If only the right people cared at the right time. If only we were different than … Our City of Perpetual Disaster?
