I went to visit my parents and I couldn’t say no to their suggestion that we go to church together. Well, I did say no, it just wasn’t accepted. “Today is Pentecost Sunday”, my father announced, and I replied “Really?!”, as if that was a valid enough reason. So off we went to the parish […]
Anger
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person to the right degree at the right time for the right purpose and in the right way, that is not easy. Aristotle
Hey Baby! A Special Case of Street Harassment in Washington D.C.
I was recently walking down a street in D.C deep in multiple streams of thought. One, that Eden Hazard goal against Manchester United is indeed quite sweet for Chelsea but oh so painful for me to see. Manchester United, when will we recover? Two, where am I now and where am I walking to? Three, […]
The African Migrant Crisis Is Not Solely the EU’s Cross to Bear
How many capsized boats in the Mediterranean this year alone? How many lost African souls? Why is the rhetoric that European countries, specifically the Mediterranean ones, are not doing enough to rescue these migrants? Why are we blaming Italy and asking what is Europe going to do? What about the African countries themselves? Those who […]
Xenophobia in South Africa
The murders of African foreigners in South Africa at the hands of Black South Africans is so troubling, vile, barbaric, and cowardly. I thought we were all “brothers”, fellow children of Mama Africa, yet here we are being persecuted for our nationality as they were once persecuted for their race. More shameful that President Zuma […]
The College Admissions Mania
No, I’m not secretly the mother of a college-bound high school student, though I dare say these days it seems you have to start thinking of and preparing for college as soon as you have popped out that baby. Nor am I thinking of applying to college. Been there, done that. I recently had a […]
Gender Fluidity and Women’s Colleges, Part II
Gender fluidity at an institution whose mission is to empower members of a single sex, in this case female, can only be an end to said institution whose beginning came from an era when gender was binary – male or female.We no longer live in such a world. When Facebook decided last year to be […]
Gender Fluidity and Women’s Colleges, Part I
We are in the midst of a gender revolution. No, not the male versus female one. But the one about those in between. Recently, it forced Wellesley College, my alma mater, into the news when the New York Times published an article titled When Women Become Men at Wellesley. I was startled, not because a […]
About Hair Routines
A friend recently asked me for hair tips and advice. See, she’s transitioning. From relaxed hair to natural hair. I get these requests often and while I’m glad that yet another Black woman is embracing her God-given natural curls, coils, kinks, and naps, these questions give me pause because invariably the person comes back with […]
Change
“Live life as an adventure, and expect change and endorse it, embrace it.” Barbara Beskind
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.