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…

I bought begonias. And hibiscus. And roses. I planted lettuce and beans and mint and kale. The rest of the garden is at my parents’ house. I really wanted to turn my balcony into a summer oasis this year. I don’t know why. …

Let’s also talk about Lupita, Denzel, Tyler, Bradley…and Jada — “What is joke to you is death to me.” — my late, great Jamaican grandfather I wouldn’t be surprised if “the slap that was heard around the world” became the subject of the next Red Table Talk: Jada, Will and Chris, sitting around a table, unpacking what happened that…

We do not have the luxury of half-assedry and exasperation — Michelle Obama knows it all too well. There’s a reason why she traded powerful pantsuits for feminine sheath dresses as soon as she became First Lady, and why we are only now seeing her wear her natural hair more regularly. After a gaffe about being proud of her country, and…

Here is a very long list of things that help me live in the present, hopeful and less afraid. — It was only a few short hours ago that I discovered that my ex-boyfriend, with whom I had broken up less than a year ago, had apparently very recently gotten married. I have been overtaken by shock and incredulity and I feel confused and blindsided. There’s more to that story…

Beggars can be choosers and our sense of individualism has gone to toxic lengths — What do you think of the following?