E for effort

You see me? I was the type of student who stayed up in the teacher’s ass. I sat in the … More

Crying for strength

A draft from January … Tonight I cried. Again. But this time on Instagram Live. In front of people. Ew. … More

Being Black American is such an awkward feeling. I don’t feel like I belong here. And if you ask the … More

You ever met somebody who had ALL the STDs? Welp, that would be me. Well, maybe not all of them. … More

I’m scared as shit to lose my mom. Out of every person here on this Earth, she is the one … More

I already told y’all about my HIV status. And how I can’t stand my daddy. Hmmm. Y’all know about these … More

I’m up late tonight. It’s adrenaline. And this beautiful sense of peace. I’m coming up on a year of having … More

Imagine that this was your last day on Earth. And now imagine that you knew this your entire life? You … More

Never would I ever think that I would be the one telling the story from this side. But they told … More

Have you ever been verbally abused? That shit doesn’t feel good. I never knew what to call it. I just … More

Wow. Addiction runs strong in my family. You name it. We done did it. Crack? We been on that. And … More

Like many other people, I struggle with my body image. I fix my eating habits for a little while and … More