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A week of thoughts #2

Strangers in the house and Gym culture (and clutching for straws)

creativenonfiction, family, god, gym, gymculture, nonfiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, work

Being Tired Can Change Everything

Youtube, good exhaustion, child Q, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/Annosheh Ashoori

AnooshehAshoori, black, ChildQ, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hope, London, NazaninZaghariRatcliffe, new, nonfiction, Personal, Racism, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered, youtube

Stories from the 2021

I’m bloody tired

2021, 2022, acceptance, black, Blackbrits, creativenonfiction, dreams, feelings, god, hope, lessons, life, newyear, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, unfiltered, values

A week of thoughts #1

It feels awkward, suspicious to be someone of few opinions.

antivaxxers, black, Coronavirus, creativenonfiction, diary, feelings, nature, nonfiction, opinion, Personal, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, thoughts, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories

Don’t forget…

My Grandma has Dementia, but somehow that’s done nothing for my own memory.

adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, Dementia, family, god, Memory, nonfiction, Personal, Promises, Religion, stories, thoughts, Trust

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.

advice, adviceandcritic, black, blackness, creativenonfiction, ElijahMcClain, feelings, institutionalracism, Multifaceted, nonfiction, Personal, Policebrutality, Racism, stories, thoughts, twoyears, unfiltered

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, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, nonfiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection

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.

blackbritain, institutionalracism, knifecrime, nonfiction, Racism, reflection, youth

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

black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, nonfiction, Racism, untoldstories, values, youth

Stories from the 22

Reflections from aged 22 on the eve of 23.

advice, anechdote, black, Blackbrits, creativenonfiction, feelings, lessons, life, nonfiction, Personal, refection, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered, values

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