Last time we checked out the AL East division, and as we take this tour towards the west, we stop in the AL Central. Last year the White Sox reigned supreme for the first time in 13 years. Now they are hungry to repeat the trip and have a lengthy postseason. But they will have […]
After taking a couple of shots of D’ Usse to take the edge off, we walked a couple of blocks up from where I parked my car near Union Market. It was a slightly breezy Monday night, and as we approached, my friend CJ whispered, “I don’t know about my outfit, the colors kind of
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Directed by LGBTQ+ icons like Steven Canals, Ryan Murphy and Janet Mock, groundbreaking FX hit drama series “Pose” tells the story of the New York LGBTQ+ ballroom scene of the 80’s. Focusing on the lives of five dynamic Trans women, Pose centers the story of Blanca Evangelista (played by MJ Rodriguez) and her journey of
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Growing up a young Black queer trans child wasn’t always easy. Navigating the often complex and unfamiliarity of sexuality and gender without community and without images of self was difficult. For it is in seeing images of one’s self reflected back to you that we are able to envision the future. It is these images
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Every liberal municipality in America flies a flag of remembrance. I use “flag” broadly—it lives not just on the flagpole, but the signpost, t-shirt, face mask, bumper sticker, and virtually everywhere else with enough space for its message. The message makes a reasonable request. It asks that we remember the lives that hate has cut
Winter has given way to Spring and that means baseball is back! Over the next week or two we’ll be breaking down each division and predicting the order in which they will finish. At the end we’ll take a crack at predicting who will win it all come October. But for now, we will settle
Summer is right around the corner. In what is shaping up to be one of the first ”normal” summers since before Covid began, everyone is eager to get outside. Skims, shapewear brand founded by Kim Kardashian, has chosen this summer to launch a swimwear collection. Launched in 2019, Skims has thus far only focused on
After doing a bit of research, I was led down a totally different path than I expected. I learned about not only the male gaze but the female gaze as well. As a non-conforming or labeling black lesbian woman, what I discovered compelled me to more deeply analyze where I fit in with all of
Before we get into what this article is really about, let’s get things rolling with a simple pop quiz. Would you happen to know who the first girl to pitch her team’s way to a win in the Little League World Series was? Or the first girl to pitch a shutout, a game in which
While being a Black person living in America does come with many joys, like the beauty of our community or the uniqueness of our cultures, being Black in America is not an experience of only sunshine and rainbows. From the systemic racism that plagues our society to the compacted experience of other intersections such as
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