A note from our Founder & Editor in Chief
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Am I Broken?
I once was mistaken for beautiful I decided not to use my voice and the public was forced to read my face instead. I once lost hearing and my brother made the most fire beat with his drums. I once lost my writing pen so I screamed I cried I damn near lost Read more
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The Imperfect Lunch Date
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. __ “…but you should’ve informed the clients that you wouldn’t make it to Read more
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Now I lay me down to sleep…
Every night I wonder why I am up and then the page scratches the pen or is it the pen scratches the paper It is the only lullaby I know the only way I rest How would you like to know that most stories are written by these ghosts never a light being Read more
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The Idea of Separation
I hope marriage never takes the life out of my eyes like it did my mother, and my grandmother, or her mother before her I never want the words “I do” to put celestial shackles on my wrists and ankles, confining me to my own otherworldly hell Because so many young women want a wedding Read more
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Soft Hearts, Hard Anger
They were warned. They were warned of the ones whose smiles soothed the coldest hearts, whose laughter caused the darkest of rooms to alight with fire and song and dance. They were warned of the gleeful, soft souls. Of what became of them when they were pushed. And shoved. And cornered. For it is said Read more
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A Black Queen Amidst Gentrification
Gentrification (noun): The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. Have we ever tried to find beauty within gentrification? A diamond in the rough, if you will? Stylist and model Chi Ilochi, alongside photographer May, also known as naibovisuals on Instagram, made it a point to Read more
