By Devon Mac The Black church anchors much of my childhood and adolescence. It was my first experience of nurture and care outside of my family. Where mint candies were sweet gifts of love from older ladies in stockings and knee-length skirts. Where I nervously sang my first solo in the children’s choir. Where I rocked white gloves and patent…
By Devon Mac As I type these words I’m already tired of talking about Jay Z and Beyoncé so please forgive this post. But I was sitting here in the cloud of their media hype and most recently an article about how their joint album, Everything is Love, did not debut at number 1, and a few quandaries began to…
By Devon Mac Coming to terms with a divorce after 14 years of giving it your all can bring out some anger. Being in therapy and realizing you’ve been suppressing your emotions for most of your life can also bring out quite a bit of rage. I won’t go into all the reasons I am in my current state. What’s…
By Devon Mac Here’s a tale of two break ups: My brother just ended a serious, year-long relationship just as I was ending a 14-year marriage. What’s the first thing we both decide to do? Start dating. Immediately. What is it about a break up that brings the hoe out of everyone? It doesn’t matter if you had a great…
By Devon Mac There’s this word that I’ve become newly acquainted with called repression. To say that I’ve become newly acquainted with repression is sort of misleading because most of my conscious and breathing moments on this earth, apart from early childhood, have been lived repressed. What I mean is that at 40 now, I’ve become a lot more conscious…
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