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Last night, I dreamt I was a seal
On stress dreams and transitions
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A Wild, Precious Life
On having absolutely no idea what I'm doing but loving every second of the uncertainty of it all
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Notes on a Practice
I've been thinking a lot about Blackness as a technology for human evolution. This is the first in a series of essays exploring this framework.
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We Live in Hell
I am fully embracing being a godless heathen because I want to be closer to my humanity. You can thank 2020 for that shit, and the Crown.
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20/20, A Plague Year in Review
With photographs, as a treat! Best read via Substack, not via your email client because this letter is too long to read in your inbox
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Substack is the new Live Journal
Musings on the Old Internet, Being h*rny on main, and documenting a life. Last essay of the year, folks!
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In Defense of Black Rage
Listen now (8 min) | Self portrait at 32, 2019. Nine weeks ago, I started a storytelling workshop class through my once Chicago fairy godmother, Saya…
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Little Narcissists Everywhere
If a misogynist-narcissist builds a platform inspired by his petty misogyny, are we surprised when others key into that "advantage" and weaponize said…
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Notes from the New World
Various musings on American life from artist Oriana Koren
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