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A Black Lesbian Thought

poetry, book reviews and my perspective of life

By Black Lesbian Thoughts

· Launched a year ago


Black Lesbian Thoughts

poetry, book reviews and my perspective of life

The After Effects of Leaving a Toxic Environment

I knew I was lesbian and it was not a phase at all is when I started to think it’s either I get a wife or stay single for the rest of my life. A man is never an option for me. I was 20 when I realize it wasn’t a phase.

I Haven’t Been Writing

I haven’t been writing due to grad school. But I’m on summer break and IM BACK

Quotes from the Community

People love to say “be yourself” until yourself is complicated, emotional, opinionated, healing, changing, grieving, loud, or inconvenient.

Your writing will get better once you pull from your own life experiences without shame.

I plan to raise empaths. I can’t have children lacking the ability to grasp the fact that people have different realities and that just because something is not faced directly by you it doesn’t mean it is not a reality for other people.

I love being creative. But I also love an expensive dinner and health insurance.