Kathleen Collins’ use of the tragic mulatto trope subverts its racist origins and exposes the true tragedy of being other in America.
“She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see” – Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Formation (noun) – the action of forming or process of being formed.
I know we still have a lot of changes to make, but if I do say so myself, we are happier and healthier than I ever imagined we could be.
We all feel stress at one point or another. You might not be in control of the situation, but it is important to remember that you can be in control of how you react to it.
Reaching our goals gives us a sense of completion and satisfaction that is unequaled by anything else. That is the reason we keep going and going; that is the reason we are driven to continue powering through the cycle.
It’s almost that time again… the time of year when we start the calendar anew and make our resolutions that we strive to stick to in order to better ourselves or our circumstances.