I get notifications from AP mobile on my phone. Beginning Friday afternoon I started to get notifications about the terror attacks in Paris. I finished work, and went to dinner. The notifications continued. We discussed it at dinner. “Did you hear what is happening in Paris? Hundreds held hostage at a concert. Suicide bombers at […]
Next time it is you!
It is 7/27/2015 which means it is finally over. My sister’s wedding that is. The planning began years ago, even before she met the man she was to wed back in 2009. It went into high gear when he proposed last year. I haven’t been involved except to get my orders to walk in her […]
The Fallacy of the Victory Narrative and Why I am a Feminist
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. Different issues, same line of thoughts. Police brutality especially as pertains to the African American community. Gay marriage and the Indiana freedom to discriminate laws. Women’s rights and contraception. Earth rights and fracking and climate change, etc. My sister T’ni recently asked me if I were feminist […]
Standing Up – We are Entitled to be Included
A Tuliart Creation I have taken to calling cocoa-coloured dresses, shoes, lingerie and accessories nude in public (like in shops with friends and salespeople) while the tan, beige, sand, and cream ones are just that; tan, beige, sand and cream. If the traditionally nude hued person I am with squirms just a little, my point […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sabotage is the Name of the Game: Republicans, Obama & Iran
I started watching House of Cards on Netflix earlier this year and I am already in the middle of season three just released. The ruthless Francis Underwood now as President of the United States has appropriated FEMA disaster funds to fund his pet project AmericaWorks thereby circumventing the law to get his way. In addition, […]
Truth
If you don’t believe it, no matter how many people tell you it is the truth, you have no reason to accept it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/30/1361224/-Roald-Dahl-s-Heartbreaking-Take-on-Vaccines
Our Hypocritical World
I’ve been commenting all over my personal Facebook page this past week or so about the double standard the media takes in it’s approach to reporting the news. Like it’s something new, right? It all started when somebody, presumably a white supremacist, ie. local-bred American terrorist, exploded a bomb outside an NAACP office in Colorado […]
The Black Nod
Today, I was walking down one of the hospital halls and as I reached the intersection, a Black man who was walking by gave me The Nod and what seemed to be a peace sign. There was no one else behind me. Yes, I checked. I gave him a sort-of-nod back impulsively and wondered if […]
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.