personal essays

She left the "good girl" title behind years ago

on love and reconnecting Happy Monday! Hope your weekend gave you everything it needed to give. I saw this writing prompt last week and wanted to share it with you. If you’ve…

All Booties Matter

You don’t need curves to be poppin’ Hey y’all, What a weekend! Something cool happened on Saturday—as you can see from the beautiful smiling faces in the screenshot above, we had a…

White Elitism Ruined My Cocktail

On art, cocktails, and Amsterdam Happy Monday! Just like that, it’s March. Was it just me, or does anyone else feel like Black History Month was unusually short this year? Obviously, we…

On being free enough to fail at love

Plus, an announcement! And, we’re back like we never left. Hey y’all! Sooo, in the last storyletter I left you hanging with news that I was planning to make a special announcement…

Getting On Contraception Made Me Ugly

“Menstruation is still my biggest enemy and I find it entirely pointless.” Hey friends! I just want you to know that we’ve moved on from Bridgerton (that’s so January) and are officially…

Yay, You're A Woman! Wait, No You're Not

On Beauty Standards, Illness-induced Weight Gain and Learning to Work Through It Hey everyone! So I’m just emerging from a blackhole Bridgerton binge and let me tell you, it made me feel…