Tag: black

• A Week of Thoughts #5

  

  My grandma keeps changing, I am reading a physical book because it is an important one, and I can’t hate the queen

  crushball

  September 23, 2022

  blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, Dementia, diary, europe, family, Grandma, livingwithgrandparents, opinion, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

  black, blackbritain, creativenonfiction, davidolusoga, Dementia, elizabethii, Grandma, nonfiction, Personal, queen, queensdeath, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

• Being Tired Can Change Everything

  

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

  crushball

  March 17, 2022

  black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, journalism, London, non-fiction, opinion, Racism, reflection, tired, untoldstories, untoldstories, work

  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

  crushball

  December 31, 2021

  acceptance, black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, newyear, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  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.

  crushball

  November 8, 2021

  anti-vaxxers, black, blackbritain, blackness, Coronavirus, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, fiction, non-fiction, opinion, passive, personalanechdote, reddit, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, untoldstories, work

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

• 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

  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?

  crushball

  August 8, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories

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

• 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

  crushball

  June 5, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, carshalton, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, non-fiction, Racism, sport, untoldstories, values, youth

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

• 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

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

• 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.

  crushball

  May 5, 2021

  black, blackbritain, creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, logic, non-fiction, personalanechdote

  adviceandcritic, anechdote, black, blackbritain, creativenonfiction, emotions, feelings, god, nonfiction, Personal, thoughts

• 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.

  crushball

  February 22, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, institutionalracism, journalism, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, untoldstories

  Anxiety, Austerity, black, Blackbrits, Blacklivesmatter, Blackmentalhealth, Community, Coronavirus, features, Film, Gaslighting, institutionalracism, journalism, Mentalhealth, Mentalhealthact, nonfiction, Psychology, Racialanxiety, Racism, Stigma