Archive - Saturdays and Other Stories

I'm in a musical rut

On March 3 all of De La Soul’s music will be available on streaming. Thanks for reading Saturdays and Other Stories! Subscribe for free to receive new…

Jan 15, 2023 •

October 2022

I ran cross country in high school. We had an obligatory team photo. I was one of two Black girls on the team, and without thinking I wanted to create…

Oct 14, 2022 •

Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too

I wanted to write a very serious album review. It had a killer title: Megan Thee Stallion’s trauma is not up for discussion. I wove the themes of each…

Oct 4, 2022 •

July 2022

This ain't a mental health awareness post

This ain’t a mental health awareness post. This is dishes stacked in the sink from bowls of chips or grapesThanks for reading Saturdays and Other…

Jul 20, 2022 •

June 2022

How poetry is getting me back into reading

I haven’t been able to read in months. My ability to make sense of marks on pages is failing. I’ve tried audiobooks, I’ve tried books by my favorite…

Jun 23, 2022 •

November 2021

Dirt [UNFINISHED]

My feet are hovering at a right angle over the wet sand. I am one years old, and my mother gently but firmly pressed my feet into the sand, but my one…

Nov 22, 2021 •

October 2021

To All the Boys I Loved Before Who Hated Beyoncé

Lunch ladies in blue nurse-like uniforms trooped the cafeteria back and forth wiping down the salad bar, opening packages of tater tots and frozen flash…

Oct 22, 2021 •

September 2021

My mother didn’t throw things away. We hadn’t discovered The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up with the instructions to throw out things to make space…

Sep 28, 2021 •

Men: The Script

DAMN! Damn! Damn damn. aye girl! you need a personal trainer? can I be your personal trainer? you look like a personal trainer! I can work you out…

Sep 21, 2021 •

Beautiful Liar, Beautiful Lies

We women be lying about our relationships all the time. Well I won’t speak for y’all. I’ll just speak for myself. I’m a liar. Take a look at an actual…

Sep 14, 2021 •

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill bridges the imagination of romance and black girlhood

Intro Was Lauryn Hill a hotep? Or was she navigating a world, making adjustments to her thinking, so she can survive and get the love she deserved? In a…

Sep 7, 2021 •

August 2021

My big sister Jackie wore black. Black clothes, black shoes, jet black hair and black lipstick. One morning, I rushed to the bathroom and discovered her…

Aug 31, 2021 •

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