The 1619 Project is the seed America tried to bury, and now the branches have come to avenge their roots — Origin My dad has two birthdays — the one on his refugee documents and one he discovered in his fifties. Like most refugee kids born in 1948, his birthday is recorded as January 1 because in the years following the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians became dispossessed and forced to flee their…

We get it, you hate women — The number of men on my timeline who find time to shit on women but never a moment to defend them is outstanding. If you had time to call Jada Smith a toxic serpent but never the time to speak out on the high rates of sexual and domestic violence…

Poulet Frit Kentucky doesn't measure up — You know when you get a whiff of junk food and it touches you deep in your soul? You had plans of chewing leafy greens to act like a respectable adult and then BOOM!!! You’re stuck with the delivery guy in the elevator and it's taking every inch of you…

The weakest men on earth need their women shackled — Preditor who paid teenager for sex believes women rallying against overturning Roe vs. Wade are over-educated. You have to be a special kind of dumbass to hurl degrees at anyone as a comeback. He hates educated women because he hangs out with cowboys who say shit like, “in our time…

Cultivate inner growth this season — Stop, smell the roses Thought it was just a saying Floating and bewitched Spring in Montreal is so gorgeous, I almost want to hold hands with someone and skip through the park. I used to think that “stop and smell the roses” was a random saying — I grew up…

Finally, someone we can count on — Everybody move out of the way. There’s a new sheriff in town. Hold on to your sandwiches, hide your kids, and don’t make eye contact. This turkey demands respect, does whatever the fuck it wants, and spits on whoever comes its way. “Definitely a female,” Sheldon Harvey, vice president of…

A shameless tale of highs and woes — Huddle around, ladies; I have an announcement. I’ve decided to be so fucking fabulous and speak my truth. Yes. Thank you. It only took three decades and a half. That’s what conditioning does. But I fortunately know a little magic; it’s a talent that I always have possessed. So, I’ve…

My ongoing journey with writing and mental health — I came across a quote that got me wondering if I've been holding onto my pain for so long that it's become part of who I am. Perhaps I'm in the stage of my life where I still want to hold on to my pain, if that makes sense? On…

Break the cycle of gaslighting and run — It was the end. The end of the end of the end. But he still had to have the last word. That's how narcissists behave. He called my name. I looked back by mistake. He said: No one will ever love you like I did. Thank God, I thought. Literally. …