Strangers in the house and Gym culture (and clutching for straws)
Category: black
Being Tired Can Change Everything
Youtube, good exhaustion, child Q, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/Annosheh Ashoori
Stories from the 2021
I’m bloody tired
A week of thoughts #1
It feels awkward, suspicious to be someone of few opinions.
Don’t forget…
My Grandma has Dementia, but somehow that’s done nothing for my own memory.
Black People are Real People
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.
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.