Admit it… You secretly want to be unreasonable. You want to send the food back. Ask the waiter to reseat you and dump your bithchy friend who’s always telling you to give up on your derams because clearly they’ve given up on theirs. But you don’t. You justify bad food. Don’t want to disturb the… Read More »
If we really want to move forward and make some changes, we’ve got to get and keep our minds together. So many of us are bat shit crazy with no desire to get better. We can’t move forward when so many of us are consumed with emotional and psychological pain. I have met several people… Read More »
As a powerful culture that is innovative, resourceful and has survived one of the cruelest and most vicious genocidal attacks the planet has ever seen, we must rethink gender roles and redefine what is possible for all members of our culture. We can no longer allow estrangement from our gay brothers and sisters. We can… Read More »
Speaking of making dumb as hell decisions, nowhere do we make more zany and life altering choices than in the realm of sex and sexuality. With HIV infection rates in the black community hovering around 70% of all new cases within the last two years and young black gay/questioning youth making up 50 % of… Read More »
My very young and impressionable grandchildren cornered me one day regarding my pending nuptials. Are you the girl? Who will wear the dress? After the inquisition was masterfully handled, they each shrugged, looked at each other then sped off on a skateboard and bike respectively. I have influenced hundreds of young people and it always… Read More »
What has happened to us in the United States? When I was a kid I was told the key to success is hard work and a good education. My mother took me to the library. She took me on field trips to learn about the Moravians at Old Salem or we went to see the… Read More »
Prologue: Rules of Reality America in 2050 was no longer about freedom. Americans had willingly traded freedom for constant surveillance and fear. What began immediately following 9/11 as a war on terror, quickly became a war on everyday decent citizens. Why focus on terrorists when it would be just as easy to focus on everyone.… Read More »
When you are homeless nothing else matters. When you don’t have solid footing, no matter your level of intelligence or education, everything is seen through the prism of: I don’t matter because I have no control or input regarding my most basic of necessities. I have been there: living in hotels with lunatic boyfriends, sleeping… Read More »
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its brilliant creator, Joss Whedon, brought a blonde female super hero into our living room on Tuesdays for six incredible seasons. I initially balked at the idea of this young girl saving the world; I decided to take it on as my guilty pleasure once it hit syndication in the… Read More »