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Continue reading →: things to remember (as a brown girl)
one white girl is worth a thousand brown girls. don’t be mad when someone says chai tea latte because the milky, watered down brown liquid with a green logo is nothing compared to the hot tea your dad makes for you when you’re studying. find your people in every crowd…
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Continue reading →: second skin
she pulled the second skin over my hair, static causing it to frizz up. i pulled and tugged and shouted, but her arms were stronger than mine. a second layer of fleece over my legs and my prepubescent body eventually, the layers morphed into my skin till i’m indistinguishable from…
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Continue reading →: The American Dream
in the beginning “i want to move to america.” the first words of her american dream baby. the start to a long, winding road with ups and downs that led to the golden arches of clean air, greasy diner food and capitalism. the words written by a young woman who…
