Black Reads: Issue 005
Today is a great day to be inspired. Here's a collection of Black Reads to get your creative thoughts flowing or to enjoy this morning with your coffee.
What inspired you to start writing?
Take a moment and think about the first time you expressed yourself authentically without holding back through your writing. Think of the story you need to tell now, what’s playing in your mind on repeat?
Remember why you write, and I encourage you to share your story without holding back. I see so many of you coming out of your shell now that we have found each other. Something magically is happening, let’s keep going.
Perhaps the change is within ourselves, changing our realities. I will do my part to ensure everyone’s voice is heard through this platform. However, I can’t do it alone and every time you show up, you help someone else show up. Our courage to shine is our domino effect in BlackStack.
What a superpower.
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Black Reads
Is it just me or do you wish you could have all of these collections in tangible form and have the ability to read all of them and come back to your bookmarked spot?
If this is you I got ideas so stay on the lookout for some opportunities I am excited to announce soon.
Let’s get into this week’s Black Reads…
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The Original Baddie
with Founding Member,
The dissection of duality.
Pieces of Me
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Come as you are, they say.
Ason Thinks
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Sending my newest piece controversial but I hope y’all hear me.
Healing Self-Talk
with
What we think and say out loud about ourselves matters.
Imani’s Substack
with
A sonnet about politics.
A Cup of Tea & Jam
with
A reflection about nourishment & joy.
Crayons & Code
with
Teacher Math: A bird’s eye view of teacher expectations
As the new school year approaches, have you ever wondered what elementary teachers do all day? No it's not sing and have recess. These highly trained professionals juggle over 200 content area standards and manage a small business owner's list of administrative tasks. "Ultimately, this isn’t an argument for arbitrarily increasing a teacher’s pay, rather this is an effort to demonstrate how much teachers are expected to do within the time they are paid. Realistically, the only fair alternative is to pay teachers for all of the hours worked, at their hourly rate of pay, just like everyone else. Makes you wonder why there are around 40,000 open teaching positions in the US today."
Raising Mothers
with
O.U.R. Story
with
Introducing you to my soft side — I was a lover of fiction and poetry before the love of black history & research came into my life. I suppose one can say, I can write on anything 😉🙏🏾
balancing act
with
A fun piece shedding light on the joys that come from leaning into hyperfixations & short-lived interests.
InternetCore
with
A piece that I wrote recently the rampant digital blackface or cultural appropriation online.
The Deconditioning Effect
with
An introduction to the Human Design Types, what they mean, and how they apply to your life for Human Design newbies.
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happy birthday to you August babies
I saw this Note that asa riah and Katie Mack had going about August babies RISE, and it was too good not to use for the kickoff for the birthday cookout newsletter!
F.U.B.U. - Black Music, Vol. 1
The Blog Era, a moment in time, a secret underground where only those in the know were invited to spectate and participate. Studio 54 without the drugs. Magic City without the sex. The Tunnel without the violence. For the Web 2.0 generation, The Blog Era was a dreamscape of overwhelming abundance, t…
Black Reads: Issue 004
What better way to announce a new newsletter hitting your inboxes this Friday curated by John Noire and Ricky Denham than here in Black Reads?
I write for me first. If I don't like it, nobody else is seeing it. I wrote initially to entertain and express myself and when others started enjoying what I creating, I started sharing. People picking up what I put down gets addicting, but I don't want to be in the position where I am seeking approval from others. It's for me first.
This round up never gets old!! Thank you 🙏🏾 Blackstack