Dear Sherri Shepherd,
Dear Sherri, I don’t know if you’re aware of how important your humor and honesty is for Black women dealing with infertility, but please, let me enlighten you…
Open Letters
Something to Believe In
Every now and then, lengthy posts are too broad to get to the root of how we feel. Here are just a few of my thoughts as to why you should be ENCOURAGED today.
Dear Angela Bassett,
Dear Mrs. Vance, I doubt you know how much your openness about the journey to motherhood means…but I would like to let you know…
The Bloods and Crips Ain’t Got Nuthin On This.
Warning, rant ahead: I wonder if it’s possible to hate something that is a natural part of life. For that matter, I wonder if it’s possible to hate inanimate objects? If it is possible, and I’m not just losing my mind, then I would like to take this time to publicly declare war on Menses. …
A "Got to Do Better" Moment.
Somewhere, somebody is drinking Moscato, listening to “I Invented Sex”, and getting knocked up. Beautiful. What’s not beautiful? They’re probably about 17 years old. What the hell, colored folk? I remember a time when grown-folk music was more than just the title of someone’s album. Grown folk music was meant for…well,…grown folk. Now, I guess …
Dear Period…
I can’t stand your bitch ass.You are the unwelcome visitor at my bathroom door.You are the bane of my sexual existance.You are the hypocrisy of reproduction.You are the stank ho that mocks my plans.You have the ability to choose JUST the moment where my hope is highest, to pull the most egregious bullshit. You are …