May 29Married Bitch MattersFor every day of the past twenty-two months I’ve been a wife. My husband and I have been able to combine our separate lives, gotten a couple of felines and taken a few trips together around the country: from the UP to Seattle, then New York to New Jersey. …Marriage2 min readMarriage2 min read
Apr 30DTE Shutoff = ViolenceDevastating The Economy — Yes We All Hate DTE but How I Live Protesting Violence is more than knives and guns. Michigan’s energy monopoly cut off my power the morning of April 28th. The night before I coaxed myself to sleep in severe pain with my abdomen affixed to my…Energy Efficiency4 min readEnergy Efficiency4 min read
Mar 4Part 2: The Attack on Black Love Left Wakanda in RuinsI split this article up into two parts because these two eras of comics were separated by many years of marvel storytelling. Along with that it’s important for me to allow the joyous aspect of the union between Storm and Black Panther to resonate. I’m sorry to say that their…5 min read5 min read
Mar 4A Heroic Union Black Panther, King T’Challa, and Storm, Ororo MunroeI’ve written about Black Love and the importance of representation of nuclear Black families in the past. When I came across this particular union though, a burst of joy ran through my body that was unique from other marriage announcement. …Comics6 min readComics6 min read
Feb 21From BHM to BAM: A Call for Black Action MonthNational Action for Black Descendants of Slaves Black history month should be more active than passive, so I want to challenge people to reassess the meaning of this time of year that we call Black History Month. …Black History Month5 min readBlack History Month5 min read
Jan 24A Brief History of Michigan’s Movement to #RepealTISFall 2019 the movement to repeal TIS laws was reinvigorated by congressional failure to get another criminal justice reform across the finish line. In 2018, I received a prison phone call out of Gus Harrison that a bipartisian HB 5666 was introduced in the House of Representatives in order to…Criminal Justice Reform4 min readCriminal Justice Reform4 min read
Jul 13, 2021Black Love is Bliss: One Week Wifed UpI jumped the broom. All of the fears I had prior to that moment are drowned in marriage bliss. I embrace the fact that marriage in itself is a revolutionary act for my husband and I, two young Black twenty-somethings from Detroit both with unmarried parents and dreams bigger than…Blacklove4 min readBlacklove4 min read
Jun 24, 2021Fears of a Besieged Black BrideWith less than two weeks until marriage, I’m eager to reflect on my fears…yes I’ve got a few as I embark onto this new phase of life. I’ve never married, my parents were never married, my grandparents divorced prior to my birth and with that never even seen my grandparents…Wedding Planning7 min readWedding Planning7 min read
Feb 26, 2021The Judas-ial System is the True Antagonist of the Black Liberation MovementThe Judas-ial System is the True Antagonist of the Black Liberation Movement I refuse to endorse films profiting off of Black history that are directed by non-Black people centering non-fiction African descendant of slaves as main characters because it feels more like puppeteering than storytelling. This is the reason why I have yet to see popular Black history inspired movies like Hidden…Judasandtheblackmessiah6 min readJudasandtheblackmessiah6 min read
Jun 11, 2020#BlackLoveIsMagicBlack love has always been our forbidden fruit. White supremacist culture continually over-sexualizes the black female image. That same culture continues to rob black men of their ability to protect and provide for their families from the slavery era through the mass incarceration era. …Black Women4 min readBlack Women4 min read
