HBO has been a part of my life for a long time. One of the earliest shows I remember watching (that nobody else seems to remember), was...

“Let’s go,” my lady said to me, “tomorrow.” I was taken aback by the immediacy of her words. I had just been tagged for the third time in...

"The list of what I used to be is longer than the list of things I am." - Dessa "Mineshaft" A few days ago, my lady and I were discussing...

Last year I wrote 7 individual pieces on all the tenets of Kwanzaa to reflect on 2019 and look ahead towards 2020. As we all know, 2020...

A woman friend of mine shared a story with me titled “Genes Can’t Explain Why Men Aren’t Less Empathetic Than Women.” It went on to...

(Deandre Jerome Coleman circa 2005) Deandre Jerome Coleman was born on October 26th, 1982 in Huntsville, Alabama. He died April 14th,...

Sidney is one of my best friends. I’ve known him since about 2010 or 2011 and we regularly talk about the big subjects along with the...

I first became politically aware around 10 or 11 years old. I mean, actually understanding politics at a level slightly above what was...

Recently a friend of mine brought up an unfortunate recurring event in her personal life. She noticed that a certain subset of her...

Close to a year ago I saw an announcement that The L Word would be returning as The L Word: Generation Q. One of my favorite shows was...

I had been planning to write about my experiences with ulcerative colitis for about a year. Last year was the 5th anniversary of my...

The last week of 2013 was the worst time leading up to the best. I just had to get there first. By this time, I had worked a little over...

If you’ve been keeping up this far, you can tell that this was a big deal for me being diagnosed with this disease and obviously it was...

For transparency's sake, there was a long blog I wrote to go along with this but while stumbling over files on my computer, I came across...

January 13, 2014: Post-surgery, I woke up in my hospital room not feeling too different but knowing something was different. I was tired...

Okay, that may or may not have been a sensational headline but there’s a reason for it. I feel like suicide prevention is something...

At this point in my life, I can say that I’m having a hard time. One aspect of it is driving me up the wall and causing all kinds of...