A fully alive, fully outstretched black person taking up as much space as they need is the most frightening black person, so be scary.
EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story
They just watched us get darker and darker, welcoming in the deeper glow, disgusted. But what could they do?
Black Tragedy: One Familiar Story of Blackness
His story isn’t unique to him. The details may be, but the overall portrait of his circumstances lend themselves to the narratives of black people murdered by the streets all over.
FICTION UPDATE
I know there’s no fiction on here as of yet but it is coming!
Come Out Swinging: Boxing saves
A long read on boxing’s saviour role in the lives of London’s young boys from inside a local youth boxing club, written months before the world lost its head
Stories from the 22
Reflections from aged 22 on the eve of 23.
Let feelings be
It is just a feeling. But why do I do that with feelings? Feelings are not always thoughts, not always stories. They’re felt, sometimes that is all.
Ease
A leaf out of my book and that of anyone who is tired
BLACK, BRITISH, ANXIOUS: A 2021 GUIDE TO BLACK ANXIETY
The Black British experience of 2020 left us in need of a 2021 guide to Black anxiety: featuring psychologist Julie Baah and visual artist Mimi Koku.
This Is Fun
This new fun has cast a dead white sky over my life.
A personal essay type-thing (while I work on an actual story) on boring fun. Trigger warning: I use the word fun 27 times.
