The Federal government, in response to a presidential executive order, has asked its employees to report anyone in a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) focused position. The directive states that some of the DEI jobs have vague titles, so in order to root out the DEI professionals, they need people to effectively snitch on their colleagues. What I know from…
It has been a while since I posted on this blog. Over the past couple of years, I have added playwright to my resume and I am in the midst of the world premiere of my play, The Wash, which is being co-produced by Impact Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta. The script is inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike…
When Beyoncé released her songs, "Texas Hold'em" and "16 Carriages" following the 66th Grammy Awards, I heard so many people talking about who has the cultural agency to make country music. There are some country music fans saying that Beyoncé is out of her element and others who are happy to see a new face in the genre. I recall…
It feels as if we have been living through the 2020 Presidential Election since 2016. This never-ending campaign of posturing toward self-righteousness from both sides of the aisle has been in a word: exhausting. One of my favorite musicians, John Mayer, has a song called "Belief" on his 2006 album Continuum. In it he wrote, "Everyone believes in how they…
It's been almost a month since I published a recommendation list. When I first set out to do these, I told myself that at the point it felt like another item on the to-do list, and not just fun, I'd pause. Now, I'm back to it, and I'm excited to share all of the delightful experiences I've had over the…
I kept seeing all of these articles about how there's a record-number of Black women running for Congress, but none of them said who they are or what they stand for. Those articles also failed to mention the high number of Latinos running for office, but that's a different post. The reality is that America is changing and you can't…