Category: me
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Grandma’s cake at Thanksgiving.
I feel full, in more ways than one. -
How to survive Pines Party as an average brown person.
How hot and white do you need to be in order to have a good time at a circuit party? -
Hopping the turnstile.
Most people do not evade subway fares for fun — they do so out of necessity. Policing them won’t make them any less poor. -
Unburdened by hope.
With Kamala as the presumptive nominee, what does a re-energized Democratic base look like to someone who lost hope years ago? -
Father’s Day Triptych
Short stories from my Father’s Day memory bank. -
I’ve forgotten how to live in the South.
My body doesn’t remember how to deal with rednecks. -
A long weekend.
I love to sleep. I’m really good at it and it’s one of my favorite things to do. When I want to… -
No new friends.
This is the preamble to my near brush with the NYPD on Christmas. -
Unemployment Stories
It sucks out here. -
Thank a librarian.
Libraries are community centers and librarians keep them going!
I CAN’T STAND AN OFFICE SNITCH!!!
This busybodyass woman at another company just CC’d my boss on this email where she has a bunch of work I supposedly sent her…
We have to protect each other from COVID.
It’s not an Us vs Them, and if you know better, you should do better, regardless of what the next person is doing.
Your black auntie is here.
She’s last, but she finally made it to the family reunion carrying a bowl of potato salad because she swears hers…