After getting out of a 4-year relationship I had been in since my teen years, I am now learning the landscape of adult dating. As a woman who needs structure to even go with the flow, I have no clue what I’m doing, what the norms are, and what’s too much or too little. These…
Today I watched my first episode of Love Island and instantly felt doomed for love’s existence today. Perhaps this is me being dramatic as usual, or the times are very scary. It also doesn’t help that I’m currently reading Communion by bell hooks. While watching the episode, all I could think about was what she…
Greetings! I have finally decided to return to blogging after a not-so-brief hiatus. Due to the end of a four year relationship, the unsolicited ruminations have returned. Now we’re navigating dating as an awkward neurodivergent black woman. I think the neurodivergence is where all the personality lives, personally. Without it I’d probably be boring with…