Relationships

Do You Regularly Hug Your Friends?

November 20, 2020

Where do you stand on regularly hugging your friends? I grew up in a family where regular hugging was not the norm. A highly affectionate family we were not, which of course, stayed .

Relationships

7 Date Questions You Can Ask On Date Night

November 8, 2020

I’ve been single for most of my adult life so I have mixed feelings about the whole dating thing – excitement that there might just be a perfect imperfect “soulmate” out there for me .

Relationships

A Sensual Poem: may i feel said he

November 1, 2020

One of my favorite poems is from ee cummings (I love to stylize phrases with using all lowercase so I always liked the look of this poems) called may i feel said he, published in .

Relationships

Childless, Dreaming, and Uncertain Of Wanting Motherhood

July 8, 2020

I’m a almost 39-year old unmarried (gasp!) woman who is childless (double gasp!). My biological clock is ticking along, and I just shrug and go about my business. There was a time in my .

A late 30s, oncology PhD, former film festival press/blogger who is jumping back into the blogging world. This blog is a collection of perspectives on relationships, culture, and activism from a single, Black Xennial urbanite.

Louisiana-born, resident of Atlanta who was probably British in another life. Hobbies include dancing like I think I’m still 21, listening to the same song on repeat 20x in row, avoiding cleaning my home, repeating words or phrases for emphasis, and being the only person that hasn’t seen ‘Hamilton’.

We did it! Alot was on the line – saving democracy as the last 4 years, America was slipping further into fascism. Hoping that this is the start of getting the country back on track to progress.

I’m also so happy for Kamala Harris as a fellow black woman, HBCU alum, and member of the Divine Nine that she has made history as Vice-president elect!

In a monumental moment, I also got to witness Georgia, lead by Atlanta (where I have called home for the last 17 years), turn from a red to blue. This shift represents to me the increasing cultural diversity of Georgia, and I couldn’t be prouder.

The work is not done though, we have a chance to control the Senate with the two GA senate seats going to run off in January so that Mitch McConnell don’t to control and hold up important legislation. To learn more, visit GAsenate.com. Even if you don’t live in GA, you can donate to support Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.