Tag: Exist

This week I watched a video about an American artist called Maya Lin. She’s a sculptor and an architect, and she has had quite a brilliant career. In 2016 Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work, which is the highest American civilian honour. So she’s...

I’ve experienced so much growth (my hair is now shoulder length) and have learned so much about the world. In the past 6 months, I can confidently say that I speak Spanish and that I only sound a little idiotic when I speak Portuguese (i’m hoping to get better in the next couple of month...

The last few days have been pretty busy but in a good way. To give you a little more context, my co-founder and I had period where we had very different opinions on how to proceed. That period made us feel miserable and could have let to a breakup if we weren’t best friends. We are very luc...

I have long wanted to write a piece on “Israel’s right to exist” since this phrase, which is repeated by some as though it were a sacred, inviolable mantra, seems to me to be a bunch of meaningful words strung together in a nonsensical way to assert something that doesn’t sta...

Most sociology scholars claim that black folk cannot be racist, they are only thinking in the direction of the reverse, and that is correct. I on the other hand always sleep with an eye open, so I always maintained that black people can be racist — only towards other blacks, tha...

Complex trauma either exists, or it doesn’t. Choose one. (It actually exists, sadly, but some people are too busy licking boots, kissing ass, or looking out for themselves to even hear that.) We survivors don’t get to pick and choose when it exists. We barely get any say at all. (W...