i have muted r. kelly in my life. his music is nowhere in my home or digital collection. i have created a playlist that hits the specific place his music […]
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no monster will keep you safe at night
last week i made myself watch the ‘surviving r kelly’ documentary. i knew it was coming, and i knew it would not be easy to contend with. i have deep […]
pleasure activism is contagious
yesterday i got to be a part of Arts in a Changing America – ReMap: Detroit. the effort of this work is to address the changing demographics of the US […]
reflections on the octavia e. butler celebration at spelman
i am still glowing and full from last week’s octavia e. butler celebration at spelman. the event was the second one hosted by the humble and brilliant patternmaster tananarive due, […]
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Doing my best
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what is my best. When I was young it was clearly laid out for me what the best was, there were prizes and […]
afrofuturism and detroit
what an exciting morning in detroit. started off with the always elegant ingrid lafleur speaking on afrofuturism and detroit in a talk oriented towards creatives. here are some twitter highlights, […]
extra, and ordinary
yesterday was an extraordinary day. i pulled a tarot card in the morning and it focused me on ‘ordinariness’, giving my all to the mundane and seeing that every simple […]
the octavia symposium (aka: not faster caterpillar – butterfly!
yesterday was one of the best days of my life. i hosted my (the?) first ever octavia butler symposium to create a strategic octavia butler reader for social justice visionaries. […]
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live blogging 50 for 5E
what is up beloved readers! so i am at the 50 for 5E event [our last night in this venue] – a fundraiser for our Detroit community-owned hip-hop venue. the […]