respect

For most of my life, I’ve never been one to be silent — that is, until it comes to sticking up for myself in front of my loved ones. 

“Respect” memorializes a musical legend, and with Hudson as Franklin, the biopic pays the Queen of Soul only what she deserves: the utmost respect. 

This summer shapes up as a season of options: variety in the movies to choose and variety in the ways to watch them. Here are movies slated for the summer.

Unfortunately, as with most things — if not everything — there’s a glaring list of cons that make me hate texting despite all the benefits it provides.

I realized quickly that her music did make me want to dance. What took longer to realize was that it could also make me want to cry.

Each time I tell someone I’m “bi,” there’s an inherent fear of being invalidated and then not being able to substantiate myself. When I am drawn to someone’s looks or personality, I don’t see a man or a woman. I just see an attractive person. People ask me all the time if deep down I have more of a preference for one or the other, and honestly, I don’t. When it comes to loving somebody, gender is nothing but a social and physical constraint.