by Keiko | Sep 19, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Poetry
I promise you Sometimes it is truly like living in a cage. Others are free to express freely While I rage on the inside Backed into a corner More like strapped up Vulnerability is feigned Anger is sin Silence is indignant Sound is noise Emotion is victimhood Beauty is...
by Keiko | Aug 31, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Hair
Hair Beginnings I’m really not my hair. Yet, it is very important to me. Hair is positioned as such a foundational thing to a black woman. Some of my earliest memories are of me getting my hair combed. My sisters marveling at my “grade” of hair and saying it was...
by Keiko | Aug 24, 2018 | Church, Counseling, Trauma
Everyone Stay Calm! I Am Not Crazy. The people that are close to me know that I see a christian counselor. No I am not crazy (I’m talking to you Black folks LOL). The black community has a way of stigmatizing those who seek mental health assistance. Immediately...
by Keiko | Aug 17, 2018 | Black Women, Culture, Ethnicity, Uncategorized
Have you ever posted something on social media with specific and honorable intentions, only to see it be twisted into something totally unrecognizable? Verbal sparring matches, hurt feelings, and deleted comments follow in short order? That is what happened to a...
by Keiko | Aug 9, 2018 | Culture, Grief
The Voice of Reason Levar and Roslyn were always the voices of reason for me among my friends and family. They both had voices that would just soothe me when I was triggered or riled up. I didn’t associate either one of them with trauma or fear. They both...
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