“you look tired is everything ok” i have been dragging my corpse of a body around for years i barely feel like a person everything feels like a chore basic tasks seem like crossing mountains & oceans & at this point it just seems like im waiting to die
I feel like IWTV asks us to consider how much more we could love—how much more we could forgive—if we didn't have a time limit.
That feels really hopeful to me!
A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.
"When I started out on Broadway, 'Dreamgirls,' we lost half of our cast to AIDS."
Sheryl Lee Ralph—famous for her breakout role in the original Broadway production of 'Dreamgirls' and her ongoing portrayal of the no-nonsense kindergarten teacher on the sitcom 'Abbott Elementary'—champions another kind of teaching through her decades-long work as an activist, particularly raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Recently, in collaboration with the DIVA Foundation, the nonprofit she founded in 1990, Ralph executive-produced documentary special 'Living Proof' which highlights the experiences of Black women living with HIV in the South. Leading by example, Sheryl Lee Ralph is honored among TIME's 16 Women of the Year. Read her story and meet the honorees here: https://t.co/8O891bum4K
yeah this made me start crying like the AIDS crisis overall is not discussed as much as it should be, but information about how it impacted Black queer women specifically is even harder to find.