Remember how hard it was to see a naked body when you were a kid/teenager? I don’t know if I was just a little too curious, but it was always on my mind — and always such a mind-fuck to actually see one: the side of a breast, a vagina and god forbid a flaccid … Continue reading »
Reblogged from M-squared: Got my hair braided today. I took a ten year break from it, but have recently started up again. Only this time I’m 4,000 miles away from my hairdresser–my mother–I miss her. The way she smelled of rose petals and freesia as I sat between her lap for hair-braiding and a long chat. She never … Continue reading »
Beth Bates Shout obscenities at the goldfish shitting up the Tupperware on your mantel and refuse them food and oxygen. Feel like crying, but don’t. Slash the tires of the person who fracked your plans. Or not. Tell yourself, “It’ll work out.” Write a treatise exposing the low standard of business practices among Christian business … Continue reading »
The secret bookshop, Brazenhead Books; NYC. Continue reading »
You were good to me this past long weekend. I learned how to ride you like a true champ — much to my surprise. But you gave me too much time to think about my life. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that. Continue reading »
I have the biggest crush on Fatime Al Qadiri— a lovely producer/composer; born in Senegal, raised in Kuwait and now based in Brooklyn. Who knows, maybe I’ll run into her on my birthday (sike, I wish). Turns out she’s been making music on her casio since 9-years-old as a vessel of escape from what the squares were … Continue reading »
