Crushball

A week of thoughts #1

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

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November 8, 2021

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I’m rebranding Crush-ball

Ever so slightly so that it barely matters

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November 8, 2021

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Don’t forget…

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

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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.

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August 30, 2021

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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?

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August 8, 2021

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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.

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July 10, 2021

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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

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June 5, 2021

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Stories from the 22

Reflections from aged 22 on the eve of 23.

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May 29, 2021

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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.

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May 5, 2021

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Ease

A leaf out of my book and that of anyone who is tired

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May 4, 2021

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