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Black on Both Sides: Tales of a Bicontinental Negro. {Part 1}

What becomes abundantly clear as a person of color in the West is that you establish one of many coping mechanisms in order to function on a daily basis. Immersion vs exclusion, acceptance vs defiance, fear vs complacence.

wisdom

Authenticity: Inhabiting Wildly Tender Revolution.

Congruent authenticity happens in the guts and bowels of your life. Being authentic is the grunt-work of the soul, of any deeply human, spiritual path. Being half here, half there, halfhearted, faking it to look good, strategizing to make things easier for your self — that’s the common way of ...

world

Australia Day Or Invasion Day: Am I A Patriotic Strayan?

This Australia Day, I won’t be sitting around an esky full of beer, drinking myself stupid. I won’t fly an Aussie flag out of my car window while playing Triple J's Hottest 100. I won’t get a Southern Cross tattoo. I won’t paint my face blue, white and red. The words 'Oi, Oi, Oi' will not pass ...

troublemakers

I Don’t Want To Be A Well-Kept Woman With White Privilege.

I’m noticing how easy it is to lose passion in happiness. The fairytale’s complete, now what? It’s just comfort upon comfort upon comfort, and all of a sudden there are a thousand nuances overlooked, and I’m worlds away from him, feeling like I need to run, jump, dive, ski, swim, anything to ...

you & me

Don’t Wait Until The Perfect Time: A Manifesto For Action.

Speak your truth, choose your battles, know when to let go, keep your heart open, keep your head up, be gentle, use your gifts, be grateful, work hard, play hard, rest easy, know your goals, have fun, be patient with your child, look up, look ahead, be in your heart, create beauty, create art, ...

world

How The War In Syria Correlates To The War Within Our Wombs.

The Buddhist level of compassion would be changing ourselves so entirely that we can sit with and accept the threat of terrorism and see it for what it is. The biggest mistake we could make is to react in the face of fear and anger. The biggest mistake we could make is to believe the lies we ...

culture

Black on Both Sides: Tales of a Bicontinental Negro. {Part 1}

Authenticity: Inhabiting Wildly Tender Revolution.

Australia Day Or Invasion Day: Am I A Patriotic Strayan?

I Don’t Want To Be A Well-Kept Woman With White Privilege.

Don’t Wait Until The Perfect Time: A Manifesto For Action.

How The War In Syria Correlates To The War Within Our Wombs.

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