My parents used to keep a lot of photo albums around the house. In one,
I have melanated skin, which helps me look younger than my age, but I also
“Sit still.” I braced myself for the familiar sting of the plastic comb against some
I am the only girl in my family. When I say ‘only’ I do not
Has it happened to you? Maybe you’re scrolling through Twitter searching… no, damn near begging
When her reflection stared back at her, proud and plus-sized often went horribly in these
Every Friday night I come home from work, change my clothes and I flop down
The alarm pings and the piercing sound reverberates through the walls. My eyes blur to
My daughter is black. Skin like turned earth. Eyes the color of midnight. A black
They built a church on the land where my body was broken. Parishioners come every
She went to see if he was dead. But when she got down to Olive
