“Men suffer in silence."
No, they don’t. They treat everyone around them like dogshit.
They externalize their feelings onto the women closest to them, usually.
I’ll never forget that my grandma said, “oh wow that woman is singing like Irene” and she meant Whitney Houston! I literally fell on the ground like grandmaaaaa, you really my whole gas team🥹🥹🥹 that’s my babyyyy
I feel so balanced about the new year this year. There will be highs and lows, wins and losses. I’m settling into the confidence of knowing that I’ve done the work. Ima just do my best and it’ll be enough.
bell hooks said, “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
Whew I will write a thread on 2014 Irene and the Black Messiah album. That album raised me from a very low place. I have goosebumps just thinking about the weight of that. Music’s impact in our lives. Whew. RIP to a legend