Pinnedqianya vinson·Mar 16, 2021To all the whites I’ve loved beforeBeing called an “Oreo” as a young girl and throughout adulthood was a dagger thrown at me for existing in a Black body while cranking my…
qianya vinson·Jan 30, 2021Goody Two Shoesor why i couldn’t bring myself to buy weed until it was legal
InGrowing Griefbyqianya vinson·Jan 10, 2021Blessed AssuranceRosemarie tapped my shoulder to whisper, It’s time. I leapt to my feet and sat on the edge of the bed taking Grandma’s hand as she took…
qianya vinson·Jan 10, 2021On Being FollowedI got off the bus one stop early so that I could take the shortcut down Guerrero to 18th. By providence, I caught a stranger’s eyes on me…
qianya vinson·Jan 10, 2021Limbs of LamentationA year from yesterday, I sat quiet with my grandmother on the couch in her living room. It was before the nurses were there around the…
qianya vinson·Oct 26, 2017Why Positive Thinking can feel like bullshit and what I do insteadI am a queer, overweight, black woman over 40 trying to break into an industry that primarily values straight, thin, white men under 30…A response icon3A response icon3
