Oh Baltimore, Be Good to Me
Oh Baltimore, Be Good to Me As I sit to write this piece, listening to the amazing Ludovico Einaudi, I have to stop to feel. Feel the intense emotions flooding my heart. While I am deeply excited, thrilled, enthralled even, I am also sitting with the feelings of the unknown. The feelings of change. And while change is good, it’s scary. In the Good Book, God told Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” And I knew it was time to leave. I’ve always known I would leave, but now
I Heard Children Cry
Not Because of Hunger, But Because Death Was At Their Front Door “I’m not political.”“Gas is so high.”“I don’t watch the news; it’s too depressing.” We say things like this so casually. And to an extent, I get it. I stopped watching the news years ago. I’m an overly sensitive person, and the news is heavy. But as I’ve gotten
Be Authentically You
It Will Silence Your Desire To Be Understood “I understand.”“I get what you’re saying.”“Ahh, that makes sense.” I think all of us have said this at times when we didn’t actually understand. Didn’t know what their point was. And in all actuality, what they just said made zero sense to us. Because if we opened our mouths and expressed our
Is It Love Or Intimacy We’re Missing?
Why Feeling Unloved Might Actually Be Something Deeper Love or intimacy? Many of us, especially in this new generation, have started to recognize the importance of community. It’s necessary for us to have healthy relationships, whether that be through family, friends, romantic partners, or even a social club. While it is important to have stillness, to be able to stand
And It Starts With You
Somewhere Along The Way, Self-Prioritization Started To Look Like Distortion. There’s a difference between prioritizing yourself and centering yourself in a way that distorts reality. Some people confuse self-prioritization with a kind of grandiose thinking where their needs become the only ones that matter. Their feelings take precedence over everything else. So when you express how you feel neglected, abandoned,
I Like To Say I’m A Southern Girl
A Poem On Identity, Contradiction, And What It Means To Come From Somewhere And Still Be Figuring Yourself Out. I like to say I’m a southern girl, Not belle, Charm Not even woman yet My essence is to make onlookers smile My nature is to make men bow And my appeal, lets just say quote “Phenomenal Woman” by the
The Perversion of Sex: Part Two
The Myth of Sexual Liberation Why is the perversion of sex so widely accepted? Why is sexual exploration so often framed as liberation, while modesty is mocked as repression or dismissed as pandering to the male gaze? And don’t get me wrong, I love a freakum dress just as much as Beyoncé. But why is the media pushing so hard
The Perversion of Sex: Part One
Abuse, Lust, Transaction, And The Lie Of Liberation The perversion of sex is not new, but the normalization of it might be. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve either read through yourself or at minimum heard about the Epstein files. And don’t worry, I won’t be getting into the specifics of those disgusting atrocities. There honestly aren’t words strong
Right, But Not Justified
On Anger, Entitlement, And The Discipline Of Accountability I used to think being a “good person” excused a lot of my behavior. If my intentions were pure, if my heart was in the right place, if I wasn’t malicious, then surely my anger didn’t count. I was wrong. I’m a very candid person, even when it comes to my flaws.
The Harm in Being Pathologized
When Normal Human Behavior Gets Mislabeled As Mental Illness Over pathologizing normal behavior has quietly become one of the biggest mental health trends of our time. Right now, we live in a world where every normal response to life is being labeled a mental illness. Every woman with mood swings is bipolar.Every man who tells a lie is a narcissist.And
