When tragedy strikes, how do we react? What goes through our mind? How do we cope? The passing of legendary basketball icon Kobe Bryant earlier this week made me reflect on this. As my mind raced, trying to process the magnitude and devastating nature of this loss, I kept asking the same question -- "Why,… Continue reading When We Cope with Grief, It’s Okay to Not Understand “Why” (A Word from Candice Benbow)
Hip-hop can do without the egotistical Eminem clones who feel they need to "liberate" Black culture from the clutches of Auto-tune
When I started this blog nearly 2 years ago, I envisioned being a lot more active here than I've been. I barely posted anything the latter half of 2018 and went almost completely ghost last year. Granted, I graduated from college in the summer of 2018 and spent the rest of the year applying for… Continue reading Happy Belated New Year
Recently, I was having a conversation with both my brother and a very close mutual friend of ours who we've known since we were children. We had a conversation about our personal growths since our high school days (we attended the same high school) and I began telling them about my journey through self-hate and… Continue reading “We are all Human” …but what does that mean?
Black Spasmodic 