I share a lot of articles on Twitter, so I will also try to highlight some of them here. These will be articles that really resonate with me and that present an angle on an issue that I think is important to make visible. Gentrification’s toll: It’s you or the bottom line, and sorry it’s… Continue reading Best Reads of the Week
Alright, so I decided to post my first recipe, for crispy chicken wings. One of the first recipes I tried from a food blog was crispy chili lime baked wings from Steele House Kitchen. This recipe taught me a new technique for baking chicken; basically making sure that the wings are completely dry, and… Continue reading Simple Crispy Wings Recipe
Don’t worry, this is not another think piece about Beyonce’s new song and video, Formation. I simply want to post the video here as an appreciation for the complicated, powerful, Black, queer images in it. Enjoy! (The video is unlisted on Youtube, that’s why I had to just include a tweet that includes a link… Continue reading Formation Appreciation
I share a lot of articles on Twitter, so I will also try to highlight some of them here. These will be articles that really resonate with me and that present an angle on an issue that I think is important to make visible. The South Got Something to Say by Jessica Lynne (A great… Continue reading Best Reads of the Week
I share a lot of articles on Twitter, so I will also try to highlight some of them here. These will be articles that really resonate with me and that present an angle on an issue that I think is important to make visible. Flint Weighs Scope of Harm to Children Caused by Lead in… Continue reading Best Reads of the Week
On the first day of the new year, a coalition of organizers from Black Lives Matter: Chicago, Assata’s Daughters, Southside Organizing Together for Power, and BYP100 traveled around to different restaurants in Lake View and Wicker Park during the brunch hour as BlackBrunchChi, where they “disrupted” the brunch of the mostly White patrons to create… Continue reading On Disruption…
This blog post was inspired by listening to a podcast called The Friend Zone, where three friends Fran, Dustin, and Assante, discuss various topics that all center around mental wellness. In the spirit of the new year, on the last episode Fran asked what are the three things that you learned about yourself that you love… Continue reading What I Learned About Myself in 2015
Music has been just as important to my life as books. It seemed like music was always booming out of the radio, or on tv, 24/7. When I woke up in the morning for school, my grandmother would turn on the little black radio on top of the fridge, to the only station we both… Continue reading R&B Ruled in 2015!
This year has been full of ups and downs. Much to celebrate, but also much to mourn. Over 20 trans women, most of them trans women of color, have been murdered this year, an increase from 13 trans women killed last year, despite the increased mainstream public attention towards issues impacting trans people and to trans… Continue reading 2015…
Speaking of Rivers 