writing by @mereblaze
pieces of my lil hobby
Diaspora in Exile
Diaspora in Exile
Diaspora in Exile It is hard to localize “empathy” in the human mind. Considering that emotions, by their most simplest definitions, are neurochemical surges and hormonal inflections, it would follow that empathy could be attributed to one pathway, synthesized in one area of the brain, that we co...
10 Lessons I have learned
10 Lessons I have learned
10 Lessons I have learned: Depersonalize all behaviors of others; how they treat you, how they feel about you, how they perceive you has everything to do with them and nothing to do with you. In the same vein, you must proactively personalize your own behavior; if someone tells you that you hav...
Sundown
Sundown
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Sun Up
Sun Up
Some time ago I wrote of the earthquakes I felt in my mind, of how the emotional damages of heartbreak and disappointment felt catastrophic, world-stopping and unrelenting. With time, healing and reflection, I have realized that pain and disappointment are not earthquakes, but rather, simply put,...
Pretty in Practice
Pretty in Practice
A woman in our world must suffer many things; she must suffer the arrogance of patriarchy, the cruelty of its misconceptions, and the audacity of its insouciance. Patriarchy doesn’t actually care if you conform, or don’t conform, because it doesn’t have a system of reward or forgiveness, a mechan...
A letter to my mom on her birthday
A letter to my mom on her birthday
To my mother, Francoise, on her birthday, On this day, January 29th, we commemorate the day a rose sprung from concrete. A rose that defied all odds, that defiantly crossed the ocean, dared to endure the great American experiment, and has ascended beyond expectation. My mother has stor...
Why everyone wants to be Lightskin: An anthropological perspective
Why everyone wants to be Lightskin: An anthropological perspective
All my friends are white and they don't understand me
All my friends are white and they don't understand me
All my friends are white, and they don’t understand me. The cult of suburbia and its covert operation Meredith Blaise “Won’t you celebrate with me that everyday, something has tried to kill me, and has failed?” - Lucille Clifton I can only speak of what I know. I have lived fo...
My favorite quotes
My favorite quotes
“For this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.” — Mary Pickford “No human is limited.” — Eliud Kipchoge, the first man in human history to run a sub-2 hour marathon ‘The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first...
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