Let’s be real amiga, TikTok is addicting and can be therapeutic and we know you spend three hours a day on it. If you aren’t sending 10 memes to your homegirl a day, or you are probably learning the next TikTok viral dance. This platform has helped so many people survive through this pandemic and…
Author: Jenay Wright
New York native but Chicago Living.
Breaking My Silence On The Man Who Raped Me Has Taught Me To Bring Awareness to Sexual Assault in my Community – Jenay Wright
I am ready to heal. Are you ready to heal with me? In 2016, I came home from school, happier than ever and so proud of myself for graduating and finishing my degree. I made myself and my family so very happy. I reconnected with some old friends and spent the summer of 2016 literally…
Latina Como Yo – Rukia K
But …I don’t get it, Rukia how can you be Latina, when you’re black!?” I have heard variations of this question countless times throughout my adolescent years. Questions like this have led me to feel that my Latino Identity was something I always had to prove and/or defend. At that time, I didn’t know how…
Meet Melanie Hernandez: Afro- Boricua Changing the Conversation Around Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence (DV) affects all regardless of race, religion, gender, and socio-economic groups. Domestic Abuse or intimate partner violence can be described as a pattern of behavior in a relationship that is used to gain control over an intimate partner. This could be in form of sexual, physical, economical, and or psychological actions that dehumanize…
I’m Afro-Latina, And I don’t Struggle with Bi-Polar Disorder. I’m Co-existing With It. – Gabrielle Banks
Sigh… I don’t even know where to begin. This has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. The only difference between then and now is that I am diagnosed and on medication…The earliest memory I ever had is when my parents got into an argument and my mom put her…
I Am More Than Able – Aliyah Davenport
“Pat-a-cake, baker’s man!” we laughed as we played, and pure bliss filled my body. This euphoria was brutally interrupted with a comment that sent a pang through my very core: “Aliyah, you’re playing the game wrong. Why is your hand always crooked?” I laughed and retorted, “Crooked? I injured it a few days ago, that’s…
I’m Afro-Latina, And Living With Type 2 Narcolepsy, Has Taught Me To Bring Visibility to Sleep Disorders In My Community – Jenay Wright
A young, 26 years older morenita, born in a city that never sleeps. But she can never stay awake either. How does that even make sense? Falling asleep on the A train, sleeping through panhandlers, the candy man, and the Mexican mariachi band. Somehow she never missed her stop. Her eyes almost look so drowsy…
Y no soy negra? – Sharee Yveliz
Cuando me pusieron desrizado y rolos abajo la secadora? Cuando un estilo “simple” coge mas que una hora? No soy negra? Cuando le gente se quedan en sorpresa escúchame hablar la idioma ? O que una mujer piel blanca puede ser mi mamá? No soy negra ? Cuando me preguntan “ju speak eSpanish?” Y me…
I’m Afro-Latina and Proud – Gabi Banks
To be honest, I grew up just thinking I was an African – American woman. I didn’t learn of my Afro- Latinx heritage as I got to college. I knew my mother’s family came from another country, but since I was raised in another state so far, I didn’t really learn much about my mother’s…
Divinity- Michelle Lopez
Divine power, comes from Her.She. Moves and flows through the world. With her curves,hypnotizing.Like honey dripping from a spoon.Curves that never end.Curves that never go unnoticed. Skin like cinnamon, butterscotch, honey, chocolatesmooth,glistening skin. Skin that makes you wish you could taste and smell Through your eyes. Eyes that you are so grateful to have To see Beauty….
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