PinnedMember-onlyFull Stop: Casually Anti-Black Behaviors You Need to Quit NOWI was hoping that being socially distanced this February would let us avoid some of the issues that make me angry every year. While these behaviors are year-round problems they seem to dramatically increase every February because a lot of white people want to take part in Black History Month…Race5 min read
Dec 2, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: The Devil Doesn’t Need AdvocatesI dare to be a woman on the internet, so I spend a lot of my time fighting with (mostly white) men in what I like to think of as paying my internet toll. These guys will pop in at random to try to tell me that I don’t know…Racism5 min read
Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: Your White Feminism Is ShowingI have been calling out white feminism a lot these last few years, but some people who practice it still seem confused. I figured a quick little list was in order. You only care about issues when they impact white femmes. You don’t ask who is missing from the conversation…Feminism2 min read
Aug 18, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: This Is Why Your Strategic Hire Quits YouA few months ago, I quit another job. Some of my friends were confused why I would give up this stability, income, and seeming step towards adulthood. This disconnect is because some of my friends are white and do not understand the stress that working in a predominantly white place…Racism8 min read
Jun 30, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: Tropes We Need to Leave BehindI’m a nerd. I consume a ton of media regularly. This includes watching a lot of movies, shows, and theatre (pre-COVID), and I’m always confused why certain problematic choices are still seen in most of them. It’s 2021 and we’re still seeing a ton of blatant biases in the media…Racism5 min read
Jun 20, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: What We’re Not Going To DoI took last month off thinking I would be less angry about some of the examples I’m writing about today. I was wrong because it has all just been festering while new problematic people have found me. Here are the top 12 issues I’ve had with people on the internet…Full Stop5 min read
Mar 21, 2021Member-onlyFull Stop: Casually Anti-Black Behaviors I’ve Observed This MonthI need this to not become a series but is anyone getting what they want right now? I got fed up with all the casually anti-Black behaviors on social media last month and wrote a piece called Full Stop: Casually Anti-Black Behaviors You Need to Quit NOW about it. The…Racism5 min read
Mar 21, 2020Member-onlyHow To Rundown the Clock When You Refuse to Get Out of BedRemember the days when we wanted to spend more time at home? Well, 2020 rolled in and changed that. We now find ourselves with days (or weeks depending on the source) to wander our apartments like Sims looking for stuff to do. While most of us automatically reached for streaming…Pop Culture5 min read
Jan 30, 2020Member-onlyWhere Do We Go After The Good Place?Today is the day we have to say goodbye to our friends at The Good Place. …TV Series4 min read
Jan 26, 2020Member-only7 Takeaways From Shrill Season 2So I really loved this season of Shrill and found it hard to write a straight-up review that wouldn’t end up being about one hundred pages long. In an attempt at brevity, I’m just going to list seven things I really loved from this season and talk about why I…Television6 min read