“You just looks so young!" ....I barely belong here at these school events, single and Black, so every time I hear this, it's like they're confirming that, too. It makes me want to roll out my whole resume to justify my place, Like, I have a master's degree from UCLA, lady! I was eight month's pregnant with Pearl at the ceremony, but still! I'm grown, just like you! I use Sensodyne, and I have enough white hairs that I can't keep casually plucking them without looking like a "before" in one of those women's hair loss Instagram ads I keep getting, and I am pretty sure my back hurts more than it doesn't hurt now....” LoveHumorHateRelationshipsFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary
“I fix my face into a tight, plastic smile so my resting expression can't be misread as unfriendly -- or, even worse, aggressive.” LoveHumorHateFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary
“...it was so hard for Pearl to find something with a character who looked like her..." And after thirty minutes of watching her flip through all the books with white kids or animals, only to spend a small fortune on erasers and light-up gel pens, I may have made a snarky comment to the mom at the register.” LoveHumorHateFateMen And WomenParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:It's Elementary Source: It's Elementary