Archive | April, 2009

Ain’t I A Woman?

I know this is shocking. Two posts in one day! But I’ve been so moved. Growing up, women were rarely in my history books with women of color representing barely a smidgen in that minority. Yet Sojourner Truth was there and I fell in love with her immediately. Her grit, her courage, her resilience, [...]

What Cause Would You Die For?

How far would you go to protect your women?
Me: I wouldn’t hesitate to give my life.
Would you pose full frontal?
Me: …
I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
As if there wasn’t enough on my mind preventing my nocturnal [...]

I sense a rebellion happening below…

625 days.
89 weeks.
20.5 months.
1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks, 2 days.
That’s how long it’s been since I’ve been properly bedded. (Yes, I’m counting.)
Why?
There have been no STDS. No vow of celibacy. No decision to wait until marriage. There was no traumatic sexual experience immediately preceding this term. There just [...]

My Humbling

You know what makes me feel like a fake? Someone having a high opinion of me. It makes me recognize exactly how unimpressive I really am, but it inspires me to strive to reach & maintain that person’s opinion of moi. That’s how I felt yesterday when Mr. Jason Reed let me read a [...]

Confident While Naked?

There’s this TV show called “How To Look Good Naked.” I’ve never seen an episode, but from what I’ve concluded, it teaches women with less than perfect bods how to be confident in their skin or, at least, their unmentionables. I’m a strong advocate of anything that increases female confidence. Why am I [...]