Underneath the Porn Industry
I admit, I dehumanize porn stars when I watch it but now, I realized that these women were people and the pornography I see was only an illusion of what really went on.
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Homelessness in My Head
My perspective completely changed. I cooked for their family, cleaned for everyone and was responsible for my friend’s actions. I was responsible for everything wrong and wasn’t appreciated for contributing to their household. I felt like I was in the way. Like there wasn’t enough I could do.
Eager For Some Super Bowl
This year the Super Bowl is happening in my backyard and I couldn’t be more excited.
Young Voters Want Respect
Politicians seem to be talking down to young voters.
Open Adoption
People who are adopted aren’t always open about it. But I am.
Shy’An G – “Fragile Branches” Mixtape
Check out Shy’An G’s intro track, Everything Else, off her latest release, “Fragile Branches”, which made a feature on Thizzler…
What My Teachers Never Told Me About MLK
Until recently, the vast majority of my knowledge about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came from my school teachers. Since first grade, I’ve learned about Dr. King through many lenses: as a great speaker, as a Baptist minister, as a nonviolent civil rights advocate. But with all due respect to my teachers, they left something big out of the picture.
Parents Behind Bars
I remember as a little girl cruising around the streets of San Francisco in my dad’s bright red ’68 Impala,…
Growing Up Without A Father
To be honest, I even want a dad who comes with the all annoying stuff, like asking hecka questions before he lets his little girl do anything.