a journey of transformation
“Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.”
– Nikki Giovanni
In essence, this novel is about flawed people with a flawed family, who try to do right, try and lead normal productive lives, and still find themselves in messy, difficult, overwhelming situations. What was refreshing about The Taste of Salt, was that it had atypical Black characters with both typical Black-life problems and typical life problems…
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I’ve been hearing people talk about the importance of this work for years, and yet it was one of the few texts by Toni Morrison I wasn’t particularly interested in reading. I added it to my list because it seemed like it was time that I learned for myself what all the discussion was about.…
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Admission: this is the first bell hooks work I’ve read cover to cover (I’m not much of an Oberlin alum). I chose this book out of intrigue–the first sentence of the back cover description read: “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet…we would all love better if we used it as…
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I’ll be happy when… I’ve lost the weight I can wear a crop top I have the flexibility of my 13-year old ballerina self I can do a straddle split I can do a standing split I can hold a handstand in the middle of the room I can “jump-through” on a yoga mate I…
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like black butterflies 