Sexuality Educator|Speaker|Breast Cancer Survivor|Podcast: Hoodrat to Headwrap
Dec 20, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Unsolicited advice for parents/guardians/family members with children/teens around during the holidays (and just in general), a thread:
1. Children’s bodies belong to themselves, bodily autonomy is key. They do not have to hug, kiss,
be held or sit on laps of anyone they don’t want to, please ask if they are comfortable with this and never ever force them to be affectionate.
2. NO body shaming! There’s no reason to talk about anyone’s body, so don’t do this to children/teens either.
Jul 30, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
So I’ve been thinking a lot about the word empathy. Activists to kindergarten teachers to Kim Kardashian fans will assert that empathy is a necessity and requirement in caring for someone else and a trait that we should all aspire to, a thread that should be a dissertation:
Well, you might be shocked to know that the word empathy didn’t come into the English lexicon until 1909; translated from the German word “Einfühlung” meaning “feeling in”. Now, by 1909 the transatlantic slave trade and the ensuing global market for Black bodies had technically*
Jun 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
What is it called when white people protest police brutality but also police what they deem conspiracy theories about fireworks?
What is it called when white people protest but don't wear masks or stand at a distance when walking their dog or at the grocery store?
What is it called when white people protest for 'Black lives' but go back to the comforts of their gentrified home?
What is it called when white people protest for Black lives but co opt Blaccent/AAVE?
May 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
People are not connecting everyday incidences of racial violence to Black genocide in the US.
The racism complaint ignored by HR contributes to our death.
The celebrities doing Black face and making money off of Black features contributes to our death.
The white kids stealing tik tok dances from Black kids contributes to our death.
The racist President who doesn’t get impeached for being racist contributes to our death.
The all white staff, production crew, neighborhood etc contributes to our death.
Feb 6, 2020 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
A thread on #JameelaJamil : So last year @jameelajamil reached out to me to be on her show @i_weigh I thought okay.. not sure how this will go since I don’t position myself as part of the body positive movement so I figured I would talk about body positivity being co-opted.
@jameelajamil@i_weigh I sat down with #JameelaJamil to discuss the interview in roughly 15 minutes. I got the feeling like black folks talking to a NBPOC or a white person that I’m going to do a lot of explaining. She even told me, “she’s ignorant so she wants to learn and give me a platform...
Aug 4, 2019 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
White people of all genders being violent is not new in this country, so the usage of “white supremacist” makes it seem like it’s something else rather than white people- white people-ing. They are behaving consistent with the power their whiteness confers.
I can become a trillionaire while my staff makes minimum wage without consequence and people will have this knowledge and still buy from my company #amazon
