I have a liberal arts degree, so I understand how you feel. I have a Bachelor of the Arts degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. When I tell people, people who are my parents’ age, what I studied in university, I have to immediately brace myself for uncomfortable questions like: “What are you…
Hi Friend, I’m Not Ignoring You…
Some time ago, I went for almost one whole month without hearing from a good friend of mine. I was not worried. I did not assume she had grown tired of me. I felt pretty certain that she was busy. But I missed her lack of company, and I missed reading her texts on my…
The 3 Types of People Who Got All Huffy Over the Gillette Advert
Following the 2016 election, I am slowly losing my ability to feel surprised by anything anymore, especially how furiously certain people will react to a commercial with a commendably structured anti-toxic masculinity message. Now, I’m not going to climb up onto a soapbox and claim that this shaving supply commercial is the paragon of what…
5 Reasons Why Dating as a Queer Black Girl is Really Bleeping Hard
I have been openly queer since I was 20-years-old, and my dating life has been exceedingly more satisfying since coming out. However dating as a Queer Black Girl can mean dealing with heartbreak-inducing problems that that my non-queer, non-Black, and non-girl friends may not face even on their most disastrous forays into the dating world. …
Little (Queer Black Girl) Thoughts: Making Friends as a Queer Black Girl
I am fascinated by people who easily make new friends. I low-key think that people who can walk into a house party full of strangers and leave an hour later having learned everyone’s names, and astrological signs AND invited them all out for drinks that weekend possess the closest thing that average, real life humans…
The 4 Types of “Progressive” White People You’ve Met
Have you ever befriended a white person who seemed progressive and liberal at first, but after you got to know them you realized their approach to antiracism is actually pretty racist? It is great that more and more people of all races are trying to educate themselves about different cultures and reaching out to peers…
The Journey Begins
Hello World! Or hello no one. I have no clue if anyone will read this. "This" being a blog where I, Queer Black Girl, will record my thoughts about, well, life. And how I navigate it as a Queer Black Girl. If you identify as a fellow Queer Black Girl, maybe you'll find something you…
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