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If the Black Man Is a Dog... the Black Woman Is a Bitch
Every day I see posts calling black men dogs, deadbeats, liars, ignorant, fakes, phonies, swindlers, and more. They are degraded like no other, and to make matters worse, it comes from black women. The same women, that claim to be the backbone of the community, yet they snap that bone in half, cripple their men with words and still expect him to walk upright. We raise our children on this premise, we go to the media with this rhetoric, we salute, support, and praise movies and shows that make this their theme. Yet we turn right around and want the love, respect, adoration, praise, and honor because we are women, because we bear their children, because we are black.
By Tee Crawley8 years ago in Humans
Reckless
Astrid sat cross legged on cement so cold it almost felt wet through her dark jeans. She tucked a strand of short, greasy black hair behind her ear as she sucked on a clove cigar, blowing out the smoke as slowly as her lungs would let her. The setting sun blurred the barren trees and brick buildings surrounding her, the textured walls seeming to stretch into the sky forever. She wondered what it would be like to climb them as she watched the smoke curl upward from her fingertips, slow and smooth as caramel, before the wind crept along and spread the wisps into nothingness.
By Kye Earley8 years ago in Humans
10 Essential Life Lessons We Learned from 'My So-Called Life'
My So-Called Life is probably one of those 90s shows that you remember watching back in the day, but you don't really remember all of it because it's been so long. I reconnected with this show not long ago, and re-watching this short-lived series made me realize quite a few things about this 90s gem.
By Jenika Enoch8 years ago in Humans
Long Distance
Long distance relationships are hard for a lot of reasons. It is never easy being away from the one you love for a long period of time. We as humans desire love, respect, and attention. Here are a few tips and tricks on how to help your long distance relationship be fruitful for both you and your partner.
By Katie Berkenpas8 years ago in Humans
The Mock Life
Characteristically you deal with situations the way that has come before, the circular relationship between a child’s actions and the actions of the parents. If your father is an asshole, this leads to the assumption that you will eventually become an asshole yourself. I’m sure Freud suggested that we long for our parents in our romantic lives, but I believe we do not long to love them but long to become them, because familiarity breeds content and we as human truly only strive to be content. Maybe the world has made us this way, our lives dictated and regimented by the world we live in. The cavemen and the explorers strived for more; it never ended well. Explores killed civilizations with a simple sneeze and the cavemen were often killed or eaten alive. Why challenge your destiny, destiny will always claim its reward. Maybe because why strive for more, because we know subconsciously that the ones who strive for more become outsiders, the free spirit in a prison of contentment. You inevitably become the characters that guide you, you become not quite replicas but copies of what came before, you will never break the circle, because inevitably we all live in a circle of destiny and life. Second to the debilitating fate that your parents unknowingly cast upon you, you’re a creature of your circumstances, you live in a dead end town, then that dead end is all your fated for. Your father is an investment banker, then you inevitably will become an investment banker, this is obviously if you’ve chosen not to become a "boy of the world"; a term coined to represent the rich boy (but not exclusively male) that chooses to cast his good fortune on the children of Africa, believing that his "generosity" will help them in there eternal struggle. Until he ultimately gets bored and goes back to table service in Mayfair. I myself fall somewhere between the two, not quite terminally unemployed but nowhere above a solid office job that will make me redundant at the tender age of 43, where I fall into crippling debt but refuse to sell the Mercedes that I bought second hand five years before. We’re all destined for a fate predetermined by the great all mighty lord or by the bank, characteristically limited to a life we know that will be unrewarding but will keep a roof above our heads and food in out stomachs.
By Ellen Brooking8 years ago in Humans
Jealousy in Polyamory
Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of friends. I remember being so possessive of the friends I did have that I would get upset if they hung out with anyone else. I’ve always been that jealous person. I thought it was just a normal character flaw a lot of people had, and that’s true; a lot of people do deal with jealousy and possessiveness, particularly in the polyamorous community. Recently though, I’ve come to realize that I’m not “just a jealous person,” but an insecure human being who can change.
By Abrin B Clearway8 years ago in Humans
My Heart, My Love, My Forever and Always
Being in a relationship is nice. It's a step closer of starting your own family. That is, if you are like me, and you date someone, not based on their looks or how much money they have, but that you could see yourself marrying-having a future.
By H.D. Garcia8 years ago in Humans
