The Demonization of Billionaires Isn’t the Cure
What needs to be said will be said; demonizing the rich is not the cure to the coronavirus, so stop doing it. Many of us grew up in underprivileged communities – like myself…
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Blinded by Comparison
Back then, all the love I would have for them would always have to combat the dark feelings I would get from comparing my accomplishments to theirs…
The Nobodied, A Poem by Ghost
This piece is a reminder for all of us to look at our lives in an essential context, but also acknowledge that we have a charge to look at these statistics … and make a conscious effort to humanize them.
Agree to Disagree
What is your goal? It’s important to realize what your goals are before, and sometimes during, an argument. Is your goal to learn? To change someone’s mind? To just argue?
Why Can’t We Take Anything Seriously?!
If you read the WWIII tweets and could not help but laugh, why do you think that is? If you did not, then why is that?
The Concept of Unattainability: Part II
Should I make myself less attainable? Should I wait an hour or two before I text back? Should I say no to outtings and favors? Should I detach myself from the people that undervalue me altogether?
The Concept of Unattainability: Part I
This concept discusses how we, humans, are more attracted to things that we perceptually can’t have, or things that are unattainable…
The Art of Minding Your Business
Sometimes, we tend to mind everyone else’s business without ever minding our own, cleaning up someone else’s situation when we have things that need to be tended to as well …
The Right to Bear Likes: Instagram and Gun Control
I couldn’t help but think about how similar the instagram-likes debate sounded to the debate over gun control. So let’s discuss…
Discovering Your Own Intentions To Escape Silos
Intent may be the most significant concept around communication to take into consideration because its ever-changing and translates differently depending on the situation.
What Does Our ASU Collab Mean?
This Saturday means a lot not only because of our poetry jam, but it will also be the day we release our exclusive “Transparency+Vulnerability=Community” long sleeve shirts.
Love is a Losing Game(?)
I’ve often heard the quote, love is a losing game but, who really loses in the end -the one who’s love is lost or the one who doesn’t love at all?
UA Archive: What is Southeast Daygo?
Southeast Daygo is my home. Southeast Daygo is filled with entrepreneurs, fashion designers, scholars, visionaries…
The Unspoken Necessities of a Friendship
Your friends should be able to lift you up, encourage you, turn you up, and love you – all in the same way that God does for us. Surrounding yourself with people who …
I Feel Seen: The Power of Therapy
Through therapy, I have discovered things about myself. I have started to become in touch with the woman I am and also with my inner child …
Why “We Are Not Our Ancestors” Is An Insult
If anyone went down without a fight, it was our ancestors, so why some of us are minimizing all they endured not only for their own freedom but the freedom of their descendants, a.k.a. us, is beyond me …
The Injustice Heard Around the World
When I think of Breonna Taylor, I think of my sisters, I think of my mom, I think of myself. The reality is it could have been any one of us. Society absolutely has to do better …
Kindness – Have We Considered?
…my timeline went from “spread positivity” this and “be kind” that, back to its negative and judgmental ways within about two days.
Which Story Should I Chose?
Everywhere you go there is bias. Go to CNN, go to Fox News, the left, the right, everywhere lol. Every point consists of narratives…
The Vision Is Like A Painting
The thing about having a vision – about being given a vision by God – is that sometimes you are the only one who can see it…
Black Men Matter by Kayah Hodge
Our society raises men to believe that constant proof of your masculinity is necessary. You are left demonstrating your manliness to your peers…
3 Issues That Exclusively Affect Black Women
I’m no expert, but here are some issues I researched with the help of Jael Wyatt, Un-Associated writer and an extraordinary Black woman…
How to be an Ally: Silence No More
In no way shape or form should sitting on the sidelines and being a spectator to racism be tolerated. How can one claim to be an ally …
No, You Can’t Make Me Forgive You
But forgiveness is about you. It is a choice, it is a journey and it is an exercise in freeing one’s mind, one’s heart and letting go – trading in pain …
My Thoughts for Change
we create change within ourselves first and then in our communities, however small or intentional those are. I wouldn’t dare count myself out for …
Nothing New Under the Sun
What’s sad and frustrating is, I’m not saying anything that hasn’t been said already
It might’ve been said in another style or another language …