Thoughtful, well-meaning people (of all colors) think they’re Team Respect Black Women until a black woman’s boundaries rub against their timing. It’s easy to say that we should respect, honor, pay black women when someone’s calling a black woman a… Continue Reading
In his 1963 “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bemoaned the spiritual bypassing of the white moderates of his day. I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed… Continue Reading
Black people in particular, and non-white people in general are, and have been paying with our lives for the collective white inability to relate to one another. Our collective “race problem,” aside from being a striving to acquire and maintain… Continue Reading
On this episode, I’m broadcasting solo and out of breath about: how much I love humans [11:49] how dope my friends are [6:00] The L Word: Generation Q [25:40] [Showtime] The Art Assignment [YouTube link] and why you’re not stuck… Continue Reading
This episode featured Sam, a Team Lead in a financial technology call center. Like the last episode, we pulled a tarot card. Per the card [which is the 2 of Fire in the Minor Arcana], we spoke on possibilities. We… Continue Reading
“Done” was originally a piece I hated. In 2016, I arbitrarily decided that I couldn’t throw away or put a knife through any paintings I fucked up all year. All I could do was start over, or leave the knifing… Continue Reading
This episode features my dear friend, Dennis Amadeus. A poet, youth development worker and Leo, Dennis is a very expressive dude who cares about his fellow humans a lot. We started this episode by pulling a card from the Osho… Continue Reading
Expectations aren’t only a burden on the subject of our expectations; expectations burden us, too. We only impose on others what we’re already doing to ourselves, or what we’re willing to have done to us. Outside of basic dignity and… Continue Reading
Why are we so obsessed with the notion of being kings and queens, or some other nobility? Throughout the modern record commonly accepted as history, kings and queens got to where they were by beating down common folks, stealing from… Continue Reading
Why is having our dreams dashed a right of passage? “I was like you, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.” “I was young once.” “It’s all downhill from here.” Why’s it more upstanding and normal to stay in society, working jobs we… Continue Reading