I am a writer, scholar, activist, organizer, expat-brat, networker, cartwheeler, truthseeker, yogini and storyteller.
"She had nothing to fall back on; not maleness, not whiteness, not ladyhood. not anything. And out of the profound desolation of her reality she may well have invented herself." -- Toni Morrison
Who I want to meet:
Cool people, 'got your back' people, funny people, vintage fashionistas, teachers, my maker, learners, Kara Walker, Santi White from the punk band Stiffed, Frida Kahlo's spirit, Anna Karina. Barack Obama, The Dalai Lama, Oprah, other quirky femme-noirs, Neil Young, my great grand pa Herman Mckinney, activists, revolutionaries, Marie Antoinette, people who give me orchids and coy smiles, people who know how to make me tiramisu, midnight swimming, sweet smelling, dancing, contemplating, playground rules playing, people who sincerely give a damn, lovers, fighters, brave people. Oh-- and..bloggers.
Who I don't want to meet? Petty Tyrants.