Identity
My Fears (Ranked)
Before writing this list, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to come up with 10, let alone 13, fears. Boy, was I wrong!
Dating the Lesbian Vampire
She’s mysterious, gothic, and has a taste for human blood. Oh, and she’ll probably steal your girl, unless Netflix kills her first.
In Defense of Black Rural America
There are no street lights. No crosswalks nor stoplights to mark your location.
Top Five Questions/Concerns/Insatiable Fears I Have About Leaving College
1. What am I going to do after I graduate?
7 Ways of Looking at a Black Woman
I’m standing at the intersection of identity / Each piece of me yielding for another / But sometimes there’s a collision
Nine Sapphic Books I Read This Summer
Goodbye Sapphic Summer. Hello Sapphic September!
We've Got Mail
Dear Future Jordan,
Do you remember when we discovered Percy Jackson?
To My Middle School Idols
Middle school, almost by definition, is not supposed to be a place where anyone thrives.
In My Ideal Universe
My body, mind, and soul are a solar system
Made up of hundreds of moons, millions of asteroids, and a multitude of planets
The depth of my composition largely unexplored
ቡና : Coffee : Liquid Gold
An ode, an homage to these storied Ethiopian highlands, a chess board of the gods as Homer once said, where goats and shepherds have become their chess pieces, shrouded in the gauzy mist of early dawn. A curious goatherd rolls the beans up and down the length of his sun-kissed calloused fingers—a tradition is born.