the inner views

conversation peaces: my Herstory – Honoring Legacy growing up, there weren’t any discussions on what it means to be a girl, let alone a woman. outside of the male gaze and the patriarchy. that isn’t to shame or blame my mother or any other woman in my family,…

conversation peaces: who is keli? life is so beautiful, when we see it this way. it’s all about perspective. at one time in my life, i just skated through this experience.  i remember telling my therapist a long time ago, “i don’t feel like i am an active participant…

dr. yaba blay my identity as a Black child to a woman has never been a question for me until, it was. it was April of 1979, my first day in California, we were waiting for our furniture to arrive from St. Louis. i was an only child then so, my fun, was being by…

reine keis have you ever been to a place that gives you all the warm with the fuzzies? i have. that place for me is sweetart bakeshop café . i remember the first time i went into the shop. it was almost 16 years ago, music was playing, art was displayed on the walls…

dixie lincoln nichols in conversation with Dixie Lincoln-Nichols: “life in the pause”   “midlife”. what comes to mind when you hear or see this word?   i know for me, nothing really. you see, i prefer not to subscribe to society’s dictates on what IS or…

nicholas payton “i love muuuusic” the mighty O’Jays.   i grew up in a home where music was played, a lot. my dad loved music and it was a theme throughout my childhood.   my favorite group (outside of the Jackson’s) are the O’Jays. their introduction, from my…