“The one time ppl care about a Black woman’s safety and it’s a scam?!” — my friend, via text The saddest thing, for me, about the Carlee Russell situation is not only the fact that people actually rallied around to help find a young Black woman, especially in the…

Inquiring minds genuinely want to know — I promised myself that I wouldn’t write a think piece on this, but here I am writing a think piece on this. I think Darius Daulton Jackson has been adequately dragged for his insensitive tweets about his girlfriend Keke Palmer. I think one thing we can all agree on is…

Out of the many things I learned during my tour of the Historic New Orleans Collection given by Winston Ho is that after any movement for civil rights, especially for Black people, you see a vicious “Whitelash” in response (to coin a term from Van Jones). After Reconstruction, there was…

Bridgerton was the aspiration; the coronation was a performative attempt at that aspiration. — When I was little, I nursed juvenile dreams of becoming a princess. Not just a Disney princess. Like, marrying into the British royal family. As a pre-teen, I looked up the ages of Diana’s boys. “William… 1982… too old… oh Harry is only four years older than me. …

On Friday night, the mayor of the largest city in Canada, John Tory, confessed that he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a younger (former) female staffer. It concerns me that so many people do not see this as an abuse of power or abuse of authority. I don’t know why…

You can’t “self-care” your way out of oppression. This week there will be an added focus on mental health and well-being. Suicide hotlines will be shared. Taking walks after meetings and stretching at your desk will be advised. …

That’s why we keep being surprised when seemingly happy people like tWitch kill themselves. — I don’t think we really understand what depression is. That’s why we keep being surprised when people kill themselves. That’s why we are shocked when people who we perceive to be happy and successful — tWitch, Cheslie Kryst, Robbin Williams, Anthony Bourdain — die by suicide. I have been depressed…

White supremacists come in all colours. — I think Kanye’s nonsense of late can be partially instructive, insofar as it sheds light on what White supremacy can look like. Contrary to the belief of many, White supremacy was never about a personal, targeted attack against White people. White supremacy is not about White people…

Spoiler alert: It’s Black women — Black women, are you ok? I know that I’m a Canadian, but I’m a Black woman before my citizenship and I stand in solidarity. Baby formula shortage, Roe v Wade potentially being overturned and a White supremacist attack in Buffalo. (Oh yes — we’re still in a pandemic, where apparently…