Strange happenings that have nothing to do with Halloween, roaches at the W, one #metoo too many, and a live troll on this latest catch-up episode of HRHW

We're just being hella vulnerable with each other about relationships, including friendships, how and why they end and the traumas and triumphs that inform them.

Said lil b***h (anxiety) you can't f**k w/ me (you could) if you wanted to:

Fenty, Football, Fanfare and Puerto Rican-U.S. diplomacy for dummies

Tips to help folks help folks in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria:

1. Call Congress 202-224-3120 and tell them to release disaster aid now

2. Donate to mariafund.org, NOT the red cross

*Correction of acronym: LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy)

Update: Jones Act rescinded as of 9/28

Refusing to acknowledge how gender works isn't doing you any favors, so gather round for this long awaited, very special teach-in episode w/ Resident Headwrap Sexuality Educator Ericka Hart as she helps you help us destroy white supremacist cis het patriarchy.

Referenced Reading: http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/straight-black-men-are-the-white-people-of-black-people-1814157214

While DACA certainly isn't the enemy, patently xenophobic and anti-poor US Immigration Policy is certainly not a friend to those seeking refuge and opportunity in the land of the broke and home of the slave. Talking DACA, West Indian Day Parade, and a lil' bit of gender.

Ya'll remember that song by J. Cole featuring Drake, "In the Morning", where Drake's voice is hella scratchy as if the song was recorded in the morning and you couldn't tell if that was intentional or if the nigga throat was sore? Well, that's how we sound after this past weekend at Afropunk---the good, the bad, the binary. Find out if this shit was for us.

When even saying, "I hate white people" is a privilege.

Self-care, shit talk and real shit for Black and POC in Perpetual Charlottesville.

Music by Nappy Nina

https://soundcloud.com/nappy_nina