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Last day in Brazil and suddenly I'm having trouble with how my race is perceived here. I have not ever been classified white in any...

I don't do drugs, and I don't like to stay dirty. So I'm not a dirty hippy. But if liking natural things and actively participating in...

I haven't been this far out and alone at the same time ever. Feels like a risk and an adventure and then lonely and after that, playful....

Have you ever had a craving for something but didn't know what it was because maybe you had never actually had it before and you must...

Finally settled enough to talk about it. Woah. Firstly, I love Bahia. I really do. There's an energy here and a beauty that does not...

This morning I got dressed in my boyish outfit and wondered about why I would call it that. I listened to a Black Witch Chronicles...

It's just so romantic here- this time in the best way. In my nephew with his cute lil brown self. An artist he is, I've just learned,...

I am not absolved of the fear that someone I love, because they are Black, can be hunted by suits claiming to be law enforcement for...

1. Talkin shit with my Aunty in Portuguese. Highlight of my night. She had to repeat herself so many times but adults are more patient...