A Blog About Living in Chicago
Since the election of former President Obama back in 2008, it’s been so many horrible things written about the city of my birth that I decided to create a blog series about Chicago. Written by an actual Chicago native who has lived here since she was born with the exception of the seven months of when she lived in Minneapolis. She is me and this is my experience of Chicago.
My Latest Posts
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- Sole SurvivorSix years next month. Six quiet, thunderous years of carrying a title no one applies for. A sole survivor is the last remaining member of their immediate family—the final branch… Read more: Sole Survivor
- Respectability Politics and the Policing of Black Male LoveIt’s more acceptable for a Black man to have ten children with ten different women than for him to be gay—and that fact should stop us in our tracks. We… Read more: Respectability Politics and the Policing of Black Male Love
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The Potty Mouth Granny 