Joy & Caution: The Complicated Happiness I’m Feeling As A Black Woman
If you are struggling with “joy and,” it’s alright. It will be a long time before we no longer have to view joy alongside heavier feelings.
If you are struggling with “joy and,” it’s alright. It will be a long time before we no longer have to view joy alongside heavier feelings.
I think the most sex positive thing I’ve ever done was naming that sex is something that just isn’t important to me!
You know how sometimes you try a new haircut and it’s freaking great and then…maybe weeks, months, or even years later, you realize it’s not really fitting your style anymore?
Though some people totally missed the point of my coming out, I realized that I didn’t care.
It’s just a quiet little thing, like a kitten wrapped up in a blanket. I expected fireworks, either the violent kind or the celebratory kind, but there is nothing but the quiet of the evening, heavy around our ears.
I can hear their stories, I can feel their euphoria. They are elated, they feel free, but they are also terrified.
“I want people to feel like they have showered after they listen to my music, for it to be a cathartic and cleansing sort of experience.”
“Femme can mean whatever it means to you and can be expressed in so many different ways. That’s what is so special about being femme!”
“I try to avoid speaking for LGBTQ folks and instead uplift their voices when I have the chance.”
Diagnoses can come with stigmas, especially when they’re applied to women