“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” – …Black History–Zora Neale Hurston
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Episode 44 TNFro Is Reading…Blog and Social Media Recap, Lifestyle Streaming Movies and Ranting About Ethel, Janet Documentary, COVID Shenanigans, Medical Advances, and Book Banning
Extended Podcast Notes for TNFro Is Reading Podcast on Anchor. fm and Spotify Many Additions to Chattabooks and Still More Fall out from banning of Maus and Whoopi Goldberg's 2 Week Suspension from ABCs, The View...Reaction mixed on Social Media, but a broader discussion is happening .@Yair_Rosenberg: Whoopi Goldberg’s suspension from The View cut off … Continue reading Episode 44 TNFro Is Reading…Blog and Social Media Recap, Lifestyle Streaming Movies and Ranting About Ethel, Janet Documentary, COVID Shenanigans, Medical Advances, and Book Banning
James Baldwin On Black Writers
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible. … My father didn’t think …James Baldwin On Black Writers
TNFro Is Reading…First Podcast of the New Year!!! Fussing About COVID, News, Book Banning, Streaming Amazing TV, Reading from Four Bridges
First Official Full Podcast of the New Year!! I have no reason to be sad or mad...well except with RONA and governmental inaction... I am being kind to my mind by trying to make sense of conservative backlash. Feels as if we are back in the 1950s or a scene from Footloose. I talk about … Continue reading TNFro Is Reading…First Podcast of the New Year!!! Fussing About COVID, News, Book Banning, Streaming Amazing TV, Reading from Four Bridges
The Melanated Nerd Is Reading The 1619 Project And Writing A Prospective As A Descendant Of The Middle Passage Victims
Do You Even know what the Middle Passage is? Slave Ship, packed with my ancestors Did you know the arrival of 20 Angolans in August of 1619 arrived 1 full year before the Puritans landed at Plymouth Rock and would spark race based slavery that would define race relations for another 400 years and we … Continue reading The Melanated Nerd Is Reading The 1619 Project And Writing A Prospective As A Descendant Of The Middle Passage Victims
The Melanated Nerd Is…Aggressively Seeking Joy By Reading Garfield Comic Strip and My Horoscope
Seek Joy By habit every day I get the local paper, Times Free Press, read Garfield and my horoscope. I then scan the headlines. Read non-triggering stories which are very few and far between. I made the mistake of reading too closely about a group of conservative parents in Hamilton County that wants to have … Continue reading The Melanated Nerd Is…Aggressively Seeking Joy By Reading Garfield Comic Strip and My Horoscope
The Melanated Nerd Is…Lowkey Anglophile and Q2 Platinum Preparation
Still moving content to Anchor.fm So lowkey, I do own several tiaras and matching bling, don't judge, and celebrated my 40th birthday in London during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Too Boujee and so much fun. So me posting an episode specifically talking about an unlikely melanated royal during the run up to the Queen Elizabeth … Continue reading The Melanated Nerd Is…Lowkey Anglophile and Q2 Platinum Preparation
The Melanated Nerd Is Watching…From Absurdity to Heartbreaking, Don’t Look Up and Let The World See
From the absurd to heartbreaking describes my TV viewing options this clear and cold Saturday. Out of laziness, I am always trying to figure out how I'm going to combine technology with old-school writing. I love the look and feel of paper. I love my Smythson of Bond Street notebook, my blue paper or a … Continue reading The Melanated Nerd Is Watching…From Absurdity to Heartbreaking, Don’t Look Up and Let The World See
TNFro Is Being Kind But Still Fussing, Eating, Editing my Sci-Fi Book Listeners, and Playing with my dog, Ethel Mertz Baxter
I used to scoff at people making this statement. Maybe because of its simplicity or maybe because it sounded more like an admonishment that I was being everything but kind. But then when I started investigating it for myself that’s when I realized, that I was confusing politeness with kindness. Politeness is a fake superficial … Continue reading TNFro Is Being Kind But Still Fussing, Eating, Editing my Sci-Fi Book Listeners, and Playing with my dog, Ethel Mertz Baxter
TNFro’s 2 cents Worth…You know, shutting up is free.
It is not ok to promote violence to women or to anyone. Derisive remarks over religion are not ok.