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The Last Keeper of Our Memories: The Loneliness of Being a Sole Survivor
Six years ago, I became a sole survivor. What is a “sole survivor?” It’s a term I learned from an article I read a few years ago. It describes people who have outlived their childhood families. The people who knew you before you became who you are today. The people with whom you formed your…
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Rubenesque: When Curves Were Considered Masterpieces
From Rubens’s voluptuous masterpieces to modern beauty standards, explore how society’s definition of the beautiful female body has changed through history.
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Grown-Ass Woman, Cartoon Soul
Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time watching these old cartoons. I mean, they’re literally all I watch these days, and occasionally, I wonder if something is wrong with me. And I know motherfuckers think I’m crazy. A grown-ass woman, almost 56 years old, sitting around watching cartoons like a little kid. But…
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Waiting for Mama at the Bus Stop
When I was a little girl, during the summer months, I would stand across the street from the bus stop, waiting for my mama to come home from work. Now, I only did this during the summer because it was warm outside, and I could play with the grandchildren of an older Black man who…
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The Book That Made Me a Feminist: The Women’s Room
I became a feminist back in 1996 after reading The Women’s Room by Marilyn French, a groundbreaking novel originally published in 1977. That book forever changed the way I viewed womanhood, marriage, motherhood, and society’s expectations of women. And nearly thirty years later, I still consider it one of the most influential books I’ve ever…
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Surviving
It’s a strange thing to be almost 56 years old. I’m no longer young, but I’m not technically old either. I find myself occupying this peculiar space between youth and old age, where I’m constantly reminded of how much life I’ve lived while being equally aware of how much life I may still have ahead…
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Black Incel Culture: When Male Loneliness Turns Into Hatred of Black Women
By The Potty Mouth Granny There is something deeply disturbing happening in the Black dating community, and I think it’s time we had an uncomfortable conversation about it. I’m talking about the growing visibility of Black incel culture, the manosphere, and the increasingly hostile attitudes toward Black women that have found a home on social…
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Tell Me Lies
America is a seller of lies. One of the biggest lies ever sold to the American people was that if they worked hard, played by the rules, and did everything they were supposed to do, they would eventually live the American Dream. Wealth, prosperity, security, and a comfortable life would be their reward. But then…
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Men Need to Be Needed, But Women Want to Be Loved
I’ve been thinking about the relationship between men and women and how much we misunderstand one another. And I’ve come to a conclusion that might ruffle a few feathers. Some men don’t resent independent women because they don’t understand them. They resent independent women because they understand exactly what women’s independence means. It means women…
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Menopause Has Turned Me Into Aunt Bunny, and I’m Not Amused. Well, Maybe a Little. 😹
By The Potty Mouth Granny When I was younger, I used to laugh my ass off at Eddie Murphy’s stand-up comedy special Delirious. One of my favorite routines was about his Aunt Bunny, a rather unfortunate-looking woman with a mustache that Eddie compared to Billy Dee Williams’s. I thought that shit was hilarious. Well, guess…
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