humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
I'm educated, not white.
I grew up in Santa Barbara,CA, which if you haven't been there it's a beautiful beach town in central California, that is predominately white. Now I say this to note that although I grew up in a predominately white town, my parents did everything they could to make sure my sister and I knew where we came from, our history and that we were proud to be black. I've never known anything different. I've never once questioned my identity or felt ashamed of it. Before anything else, I have always been black. Now granted, my pro-black stances have grown vastly over the years. My stance on social justice and understanding of the world has progressed as has my understanding of systemic racism and white privilege.
By Malynda Hale6 years ago in Humans
The Evolution of Me
An old friend from high school recently friended me on Facebook and some of our reminisces made me reflect on my journey to the current iteration of me. The journey has been a wild one and I do truly like the woman who I have become. I hope you get some laughs from my missteps and commiserate with some of my growing pains
By Nicole "ChaseThePen" Sanchez6 years ago in Humans
SPEAKING TO MY YOUTH
For the longest time, I had avoided myself to recollect the memories of my childhood. It always seemed like running away was the best choice, despite missing out on the part of reminiscence. There were times when bits and pieces flashed by in my mind, it shook my world. A world I created with peace and stability.
By Venera Lee6 years ago in Humans
I Flew From LAX to Kansas to Reconnect with My “Perfect” Ex & It DID NOT Go Well
This story is about Ken who I met in early 2016. Back in 2016 we dated for maybe 4 or 5 months & when I first met him I would have previously described him as PERFECT, consistent, trustworthy, loyal, reliable, & again, PERFECT in pretty much every aspect of his personality. Ken was the type of guy to open car doors for me, & he was just a perfect gentleman all around. He didn’t drink or use drugs but back in 2016 I was dabbling in party drugs & heavy drinking when my daughter Samantha wasn’t around. But despite all of his perfectness in 2016 he never wanted to be intimate with me which I found SO FREAKING STRANGE. I found it so strange that he would always avoid all of my advancements because no guy had ever done that to me. I mean, what guy ignores months of advancements?
By Annastasia Rose Beal6 years ago in Humans
86 Life
When we think of fast cars and trucks we automatically associate them with men. No one really thinks about women finding passion in building a car or racing. Because nine times out of 10 women are the ones who are the first to take their car to a mechanic and have it fixed or have the oil changed, tires rotated, stuff like that because we just don’t do it ourselves cause it’s a mans job right? Nope! Not in all cases. Hi, my name is Ashley. I’m 31 years old and I love everything about fast cars and old school trucks! Alittle about me, I’m the first girl out of 4 older brothers so as you can imagine I was raised around all the things boys like to do. Watching and helping with car build projects were always fun but when I got my own Toyota 86 sports car all the ideas came flowing in! No it isn’t an America muscle car or anything like a Chevy nova or a Thunderbird but it has given me a new respect for foreign imports. And of course u can’t have a sports car without it being a manual.
By Ashley Wilson6 years ago in Humans
It’s all in the Mind
Ahhhhh, it feels good to release what’s been driving me insane. I’m currently pregnant for the first time and waiting any day for our baby girl. What’s been overwhelming is that it seems like my support system is shallow. My mom and mother in law are great, they just live in two different states. My best friend has been acting really fake, and it’s annoying. I’ve been thinking about distancing myself from her for a while now.
By Yuri Kenan6 years ago in Humans
Stay Out of The Victim Pool
Think of life as a giant swimming pool. You've got your expert swimmers, your weekend waders, those that are learning, those that are drowning or struggling to tread water, and that one little prick that keeps trying to dunk everyone under. Your victims in life fall under the struggling to tread water or drowning category. These are the people that know little to nothing on how to succeed at what they are going for. They know that if they were to kick their way over to the side and cling to the wall or move to a more shallow end of the pool, they would do better, be in less danger, and probably have a little fun in the process. They might even find someone willing to teach them if they asked around and were committed enough.
By Jeremy Hanson6 years ago in Humans
CHOOSE LOVE NOT HATE
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By FRANCO CIANFLONE 6 years ago in Humans
My Childhood
I do not remember my childhood to a tee. Maybe I am aging! I doubt most people can! So many random thoughts. Maybe only I can comprehend them. One of my earliest memories was when I was very young, I would have been less than 6 years old. We came home one day and there was a dead black dog. It was our dog. I do not remember this dog. But, do recall being sad. I then recall going with my Father to a neighbor’s place and getting Trinket. A large Black Lab and Golden Retriever mix. She was amazing. She loved me. I loved her. I do remember her dancing on her back legs with me. I reminisce, even after leaving the farm, running down the gravel road calling out to Trinket, "come to Momma," and she would be dragging her old ass up the hill to see me and we would then embrace. Besides Trinket, I call to mind 4 kittens. One for each of us Siblings. I had Night. Jason, the brother 2 years younger than me, had Sleepy. Michelle, 3 years younger than me, had Cougar. Cody, 4.5 years younger than me, had Blacky, I think. Night did not last too long. We were coming home from town and Mom received a call from my Uncle. I could not quite comprehend the call as I was situated in the back of the vehicle. But I knew something bad had happened. My Night was run over. Sleepy was the only cat that lived her full life. She was a great hunter. An awesome cat that lived through 4 moves!
By Jennifer Skinner6 years ago in Humans
I don't belong here
I don't belong in the hearing world, and I don't belong in the deaf world. I am alone on so many levels, and normally I am perfectly okay with that. I just carved my own way through life. I mean I am 40, I should be used to how my life is. But last night as I continued packing, stressing about where I am going to live come Monday night.... all I could think about is how lonely I really am.
By Joy Rene Whitney6 years ago in Humans
Observations Vol. 1
I would like to present some observations for humanity about humanity if that’s alright with humanity. These observations are in no way meant to be taken as fact or satire or anything in between, but as just that, observations. These are just some things that I’ve noticed throughout my years as well as looking back on the years before me. I think a lot about our limitations and how far we’ve come as a people, and although we’ve come a long way it seems to me that we have done little to expand beyond a lot of our original ideas. This is a theory that I would like to explain through the analysis of a few separate subjects, and I would like to start with humanity’s use of projectiles.
By Ethan Grimes6 years ago in Humans
