GONE AGAPE
divine | self-sacrificing | unconditional | volitional | active
to go agape (uh-gop-ay) is to BE love. to go apape is also to be open, and to find healing in that transparency. sometimes that means repairing the most broken parts of us or unlearning all that we know, in an effort to know and do better.
#Lemonade: A new spelling of our names
Lemonade season is among us, and it is time we dissect every detail- known or imagined- of Beyonce's life, artistry, and politics. I won't be doing that today-- someone, somewhere, will do it far better. I just want to talk about the magnificence of Black sisterhood...
My latest on ESSENCE.com
Black Women and Single Motherhood: Why Ciara’s Lawsuit Against Future Matters Future’s attitude (and the public’s reinforcement of his ideas) speak to the reality that many Black single mothers are subject to having their sexuality and decision-making policed. They...
monique pressley: she’s just like us
By now you've read several think pieces about Monique Pressley, the Black woman attorney, minister, and HBCU grad defending Bill Cosby and slaying members of the media left and right. She has her own firm and has already drawn comparison's to our lord and savior...
bill cosby, conspiracy, and cultural betrayal
With every post about the maniacal plot to bring Bill Cosby down, I cringe. I'm unsure if it is more disturbing that they are coming from men who Black women have stood on front lines for and prayed for, or from women who have mothered us or with whom we are bound by...
If They Must Die: What We Stand to Lose When We Let Black Girls Perish in Silence
Remember, I love you always. I distinctly recall reading that the popular yearbook message was the inspiration behind Rilya Wilson’s name and wincing at the irony of it all; that a child whose name was a reminder of eternal affection, died alone and forgotten by an...
The Silence of our Friends
The good news is, Carlesha Freeland Gaither survived. The bad news is– we too often must. The thing about survival is- you just do it, with no thought to the fact that it’s being done. And those outside of you who get to live in the ways you must survive, know nothing...
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