Or maybe we’re just calling it easy because we don’t want to deal with their emotional needs — “I’m so glad I don’t have girls!” It’s a sentiment I hear frequently, and it makes me cringe every single time. I’ve always been under the impression that all guys want a son, so those reactions weren’t nearly as surprising as all the women who express the same idea. …

There is a fine line between being loyal and simply wasting your time. — I have found that we have taken the phrase “ride or die” and have completely run it into the ground. Loyalty has been characterized as sticking by a partner despite them not only being unambitious, emotionally unavailable, and financially unstable but also when they have no real intentions of making…

It’s definitely the year of internal struggle — I didn’t realize how bad things had gotten for my mental state until I looked on my own social media pages, tracing back to January. I looked back on an Instagram story on January 2nd. My husband and I have made it a point to go on a ‘New Year’s…

and why you may need to as well — It’s hard to believe that only a year ago the country was rallying over the loss of George Floyd. …

Despite popular belief, Black girls are children too — There are plenty of things that were normalized when I was a kid. But when I look back over my childhood, observing the difference in treatment between my friends and me, there are so many things I wish I could have called out. …

The internet’s narrative of the viral ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ has taken so many turns — The month of February is barely halfway through, but it has been nothing short of a whirlwind for Tessica Brown (better known as ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’) as she became an instant meme after an unfortunate hair incident. In January, Brown found herself out of her Got2b Glued Spray, a hair…

We are more than just our trauma — Another year, another Black History Month. My place of hire, specifically the diversity and inclusion committee, wants to celebrate Black History Month with a watch party later this month. (Cool, I guess?) They sent out a survey to get our feedback on what movie we should watch. …

Yes, it matters which term you use. — Back when we were just friends, my husband and I were speaking on the phone when I noticed he used the word females when he should have said, women. I pointed this out to him and after explaining to him the difference — as well as why it personally bothers…

It seems like allowing my future kids to believe in Santa has bigger implications than I thought — I accidentally crushed a classmate’s dream when I was in first grade. My memory is hazy, (we’re talking over twenty years ago, bare with me). …