Category: lessons

• I’m rebranding Crush-ball

  

  Ever so slightly so that it barely matters

  crushball

  November 8, 2021

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• Don’t forget…

  

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

  crushball

  September 27, 2021

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• 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.

  crushball

  August 30, 2021

  advice, black, blackness, ElijahMcClain, feelings, lessons, non-fiction, Racism, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

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• 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?

  crushball

  August 8, 2021

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• Stories from the 22

  

  Reflections from aged 22 on the eve of 23.

  crushball

  May 29, 2021

  advice, black, creative non fiction, feelings, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, refection, unfiltered, values

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