See that's the thing about anxiety, you can never tell if it's the reason for your failures, or if you were right in thinking you were going to fail.

I’m baaaaack! 

That one drop rule is still real. But her marriage doesn't stop this slave trade in Libya. It doesn't stop racism in America. It doesn't stop unjust treatment of black bodies in this world. 

One time for the birthday girl. 

Tuesday was Halloween. Tuesday was the day of a terrorist attack in New York City. Tuesday was also the first time, in a long time that something I saw on the train shocked me.  

I walked outside pissed beyond belief. I was back to square one, feeling pitiful. My head hurt, violent sneezes started leaving my body, and my nose was tingling.

I asked myself a simple question. What if a girl's fear of the dark took a sinister turn?

The more he paced, the more I began to feel like the floor, just breathing in and out waiting for his next move.