That’s why there’s a whole lot of insecure adults. They weren’t given basic respect as kids. Kids are one of the most oppressed people and everyone just calls them annoying.
My wife stopped saying "thank you" when I did the dishes.
I noticed.
I was offended.
"I'm helping," I thought. "Where's the gratitude?"
One night I said it out loud.
"I did the dishes. Again."
She looked at me like I'd asked for a medal.
"You live here too."
That's when it hit me.
I wasn't "helping."
I was living in my own house and acting like a guest who occasionally tidied up.
She didn't need help.
She needed a partner who stopped waiting to be thanked for what he should've been doing anyway.
Your wife doesn't need a helper.
She needs a man who stops keeping score.
I love this! New HIV transmission rates are terribly high for Black women, so a cishet Black woman with this visibility advocating for PrEP is a big deal. More of this!
It’s been fuck the Red Cross since 2010 when they couldn’t account for nearly half a billion dollars in relief funds for Haiti when the earthquake happened and never faced any repercussions for that. DO NOT DONATE TO THEM.
"Cranes in the Sky" is EASILY one of the best-written songs about depression/heartbreak/loss ever. Despite all of her efforts to distract herself, the pain/loss was constant.
Quick trip to Scotland this week. Learned a alot. Thx to all the Black (Brit) Scottish creators who sat down w/ me and thx to Glasgow P.D. for not trippin when you saw me and Sterling K. Brown-ish posted up in that parking lot. Could've gone left real fast.
The grand contradiction of America is that they need us to keep consuming but they also do not want to pay us. They will shame you for not spending enough while simultaneously not paying you enough to spend.
ROCKYONCÉ 🎸🖤
If the rumours of Beyoncé doing a rock inspired album for Act III is true, I wanted to create a look that I could envision her wearing. Dark hair with platinum streaks, black latex, metal barbed wire + safety pin details/accessories & fur coat to finish it off! #Beyonce #Actiii #RockAlbum #RockNRoll @Beyonce