On Monday, Alabama is set to observe Confederate Memorial Day, commemorating the sons of the South killed in the Civil War. No surprise there. Alabama loves fighting with Mississippi for the title of “most racist state” (though they actually may be running neck and neck with “everything south of the Canadian border,”…
For those of us who don’t live in Mudtruck, Minn., or eat creamed chip beef, or who have never used a wifebeater as a baby carrier, it will come as no surprise that the president of the United States is a lying-ass liar who lies his face off just about every time he opens his mouth.
The stories of black women are often met with closed ears. And if the ears happen to be open, oftentimes we’re regarded as liars. From Rep. Frederica Wilson to Lupita Nyong’o and every black woman in between, our lived experiences are challenged in a way that says there’s no way anything we say could or should be…
