As current society collapses, there has been a great fervor to hold on to the fervor and passion of the past. Whether warmongering or continuing suburbanization, everyone has conveniently forgotten all of the negative side effects that come with all of those elements. However, I would actually posit that most…

“Suck it up!” “Back in my day, people your age had more resilience. I guess you can grow up, or you can keep whining.” There is never a shortage of clichés made by those who grew up in previous generations to invalidate the current experience of young adults, and most…

In abusive relationships, there are usually two prominent roles: the abuser and the target. There are also enablers, who are a lot more significant than many people would think. For example, people expect abusers to project violence on targets, just as targets endure abuse. However, how the situation is described…

During the global crises, many people have undergone a radical paradigm shift while realizing that they have been forced to go it alone. The number of billionaires has increased, along with a rising number of unhoused, deaths among the working class, and price gouging based on the premise that some…

I have a lawyer friend who lives in Washington, DC and has been practicing federal law for almost 15 years — which we joke makes her a drop in the bucket. At one of her old churches, there was a group discussion about vulnerability, and she mentioned that the absence…

Imagine waking up to the sound of a five-year-old screaming and breaking dishes in the kitchen. Startled out of sleep, the parent rushes down to the kitchen and demands to know why the child is behaving so. When caught, the child starts crying, and says, “I’m learning!” while hurling another…

I was giving a tour for a group of people on Black history, and there was an older white gentleman who approached me and asked about money dealings in the Black community. Despite having given him an answer, he insisted that there was money within the Black community that was…

So, for the second time in a week, a woman was violated by a man in public, and nobody did anything. Oh wait, excuse me: bystanders stood by rather than do anything right. People who hear this story are horrified, but as a Black woman, there really is more disappointment…

This time of year is always a very controversial time for me. When this event occurred, I lived in New Haven, Connecticut, which is two hours by train away from New York City. I remember that I had needed to miss a class, and since I saw my professor afterwards…