The first time I saw Dave Chappelle…

The first time I saw Dave Chappelle was in Boston Massachusetts, at Wentworth Institute of Technology, in a gymnasium. It was either 1999 or 2000 I believe, and I was around 23 years old. I went with my boyfriend at the time who was a student at Wentworth. The gymnasium was sold out. Seating was […]

6 Types of Toxic People

A few years ago I saw this meme “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” I chuckled because while we are responsible for our own happiness, if we surround ourselves with people who don’t have our best interest in mind […]

I have Endometriosis 

The “painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus” (MayoClinic.org). Yes, I have that. And it sucks. I have suffered with this disorder for over 20 years. Suffered with it silently, every month, for over 2 decades. I suffered in silence because […]

Men, You are not entitled to Me, or any other Woman.

This past weekend I went to a reggae party. I am aware that at reggae parties men are more likely not to ask you to dance but instead just start dancing with you. However, last weekend, multiple men grabbed/touched/groped me without my permission. It reached a level of being ridiculous. Each new grab/touch/grope was met […]

“Single Mother” is not an Insult

Recently on twitter I engaged in a couple of discussions in which two people called me a “single mother” as an insult. I know that women with children who are not married are often shamed for being a *gasp* a “single mother!” I always thought this was silly and a holdover from earlier decades when […]