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Reclaiming My Time: On Why I’m Not Attending My Class Reunion.
I’m pretty proud of where I am 20 years later. And, I think I still look pretty good. That said, I will not be attending. And I am...

Daana
Aug 10, 20172 min read
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Relishing A Sister’s Misfortune.
Sis, We Gotta Stop Letting Black Men Ruin Us – Crystal deGregory Ph.D. – Medium An open letter to black women who’ve listened to Jay-Z’s...

Daana
Jul 2, 20172 min read
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No Pain, No Gain?
Betty Wright strikes me as one of those aunties, waxing poetic about her experiences with men — schooling us young girls on what (and...

Daana
Apr 9, 20173 min read
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Staying Gold — Third Time’s the Charm.
Stevie Wonder’s song Stay Gold always makes me happy. In the song, he sings about reflecting on a place and time when we were young, and...

Daana
Nov 25, 20164 min read
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The World Owes You Nothing.
“It means that no one else is living for you, my child. Because no one is you. Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is...

Daana
Nov 20, 20164 min read
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REWIND: Karma’s Revenge, Part II.
This was written several months ago, but never shared publicly. There’s a lesson here, folks. The Universe works things out in its own...

Daana
Nov 17, 20162 min read
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Hoteps. A Misguided Bunch.
I’m going to start this off with a fluff, half-assed definition of hotep from Urbandictionary.com: The irony is that these folks are...

Daana
Nov 13, 20163 min read
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No Explanation Necessary.
This popped into my head the other day. I’m not sure what sparked the memory, but it really has me thinking and reflecting on life,...

Daana
Nov 3, 20163 min read
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