Yesterday, I received official diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder I've been referred to a behavioral therapist I was for sure that I would feel something Relief at least, but right now in this moment There is nothing I am numb Something beyond exhaustion I never had a doubt in my mind but the world requires proof the year worth of receipts I have around housing discrimination doesn't matter because I am Black my truth doesnt exist unless qu

I am not interested in Black Folx, now clamoring to make money off of a Black femme who they have purposefully excluded from their bodies of work Octavia was Black Dark Fat (with creativity) Big Otherworldly Octavia lives in me I discovered her on (those folx who shall remain unnamed) wooden bookshelves in my childhood home park hill Denver colorado. 6 maybe 7 My lanky fingers tracing the strange hyperfuturistic covers of the 80s my people found themselves in foreign lands li

How do we redefine Black hair outside of the gaze of ytness? Black women are tired of being disregarded, but yall disregard the folx who are actually willing to go to bat for you. Learning and knowing the craft of Black hair is an extension of the revolution to know self. The Black body is a revolution. But how would we know when we are drowing in lace fronts and uncle funky's. Boiling beauty standards down to women and no one else. If I can share my knowledge around Black ha