November
I was seven when I watched my neighbors stuff a man from straw and set him on fire — and call it tradition. An essay on Guy Fawkes Night, how humans normalize cruelty through repetition, and the moment I stopped…
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Essays, poetry, and reflections on humanity, culture, identity, and the beauty of being alive.
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Women's sports have always had a quiet addendum: be excellent, but also be visible in the right ways. An essay on uniform policies, the male gaze in athletics, and why what women athletes wear keeps telling the truth the rulebook…
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What if we were never meant to be one thing?What if you've never been one person — and that's not a problem to solve? An essay on containing multitudes, the 4D mind that sees everything connecting, and what it means…
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You can see the truth clearly, name it, accept it — and still wake up the same distance from peace. An essay on why grief ignores your logic, why healing is quieter than a decision, and what actually happens when…
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What happens when you're expected to be strong before you even open your eyes? An essay on Black women, anxiety, the weight of the Strong Black Woman myth, and the exhaustion of surviving a world that never built a door…
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You think walking away from your dream saves you from paying the price. It doesn't. The altar is always there — the only choice is what you place on it. An essay on sacrifice, regret, and the ghost of the…
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A baby hits his mother. His twin brother crawls over to stop it. Both of them understand something we spent years learning to suppress. An essay on impulse, empathy, and what intrusive thoughts actually are.
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The sink is full. The laundry is alive. And you have exactly one spoon left. An essay on burnout, the weight of should, and why cereal for dinner is sometimes the most honest form of survival.
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What if womanhood isn't something you feel — it's something the world forces onto you? An essay on the exhaustion of constant demand, the clarity of rejecting the script, and what's left when you stop performing a role you never…
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What happens when you've grieved so much, for so long, that no single loss can take you down anymore? An essay on chronic grief, emotional spending, and what it means when pain becomes a skill instead of an event.
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