💛 “Losing, Reclaiming, and Reconciling My Religion with My Sexuality”
After twenty-two years of searching and trying to make myself into what “I” thought everyone else, including God, wanted me to be, the Lord spoke to me in a manner that was uniquely his own.
—@clayrivers
Another trip around the sun complete! I'm actually happy about that, this year. I've been in reflection all month long and I'm pleased at what I've learned about myself. I feel a transition coming on!💞🥹🎂🥳Good things await! #HappyBirthday
If you'd like to be a blessing to me on my birthday, donate to my rent fund for June.
It's been 10 years since Flint's water crisis started--all because some white supremacist GOP politicians wanted to (or claimed to want to, given the predictable outcome, it's a safer bet that the damage to the Black community was their real goal) save money on water infrastructure. Legal victories have been won and money set aside for compensation to those injured, but Flint's Black residents mostly haven't seen a dime. And they still pay more for their water than most other city residents in the USA, still suffer health impacts from lead poisoning, and are still witnessing the economic hollowing out of their community. Excellent article:
Capital B News isn't on the Fediverse, but you can follow their RSS feed here at @capitalbnews[email protected]. Plus, if you follow the link above, you'll see that they're doing reader surveys. I forget how I discovered them, but it was just a couple months ago, and since then I've been consistently impressed with the quality of reporting and writing. Check it out! @blackmastodon#BlackMastodon#BlackFedi#Media#News#Reporting
Theres a lot of discourse on that other app about shoe deals and A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark. Its missing a lot of nuance... it makes me wanna chit chat. @blackmastodon #WNBA#BlackFedi#BlackMastodon
💛 Editor’s Letter: White Supremacy Always Deals from the Bottom of the Deck
💛 SCOTUS Gone Amok
💛 Hope Amidst Hopelessness
💛 Patriots in Song and Heart
💛 What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?
💛 and a quote by Justice Jackson
▶️ good morning once again and welcome to this week's edition of my #SoulfulSunday music thread! please give me a bit to compile the first few songs i'm gonna post—get comfy and get iiiiiinnnnnnnnn~ 🧵👇🏾
▶️ good morning once again and welcome to this week's edition of my #SoulfulSunday music thread! please give me a bit to compile the first few songs i'm gonna post—get comfy and get iiiiiinnnnnnnnn~ 🧵👇🏾