Weightlifting Dreams/Bodybuilding Fears Part 1 A few months ago I saw a post of a really muscular woman with a caption that said something like “This is what women who go to the gym want to look like” I assumed the post was supposed to be funny since the picture was of a bodybuilder. I […]
Reset Your Creativity
Reset Your Creativity Creativity is something that we often only attribute to specific types of people. Painters, authors, dancers, actors and genius inventors. But creativity is something that most of us use on a daily basis to help us solve problems in every area of our lives. When I have less time and I’m getting […]
Why You Need a Reset
Why You Need a Reset Like many other goal oriented people I often have many dreams and ideas of projects that I would like to do. Writing projects, plans at work and plans for my life in general. Sometimes I can get so overwhelmed with everything that needs to be finished that it can get […]
Important Announcement
Important Announcement You don’t need me to tell you that the last few years have brought a lot of turmoil into our world. I say this with the understanding that many people in different parts of the world live much harsher lives than some of us do in the western hemisphere. I also say this […]
Do Black Stories Retraumatize Us?
Do black stories retraumatize us? A friend and I were chatting about the need to create black stories that are diverse in experience and don’t only focus on the sad parts. She brought up the idea that some of our stories, to watch them, have a traumatizing effect on us. I agree. Personally I watch […]
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Part 2
Pro- Black And Black Resistance Part 2 In my class we learned the differences between overt resistance and covert resistance. There were many kinds of resistance. Extreme measures like Africans bashing the heads of their beloved babies on rocks upon capture to prevent them from being taken into transatlantic slavery, mass suicide of runaway slaves […]
