#FYI: I don't address Mental Health & Suicide to be inspirational. I won't fill your head with sunshine & daisies because the reality of living with mental illness & suicide, especially the aftermath of surviving an attempt or losing someone by suicide, is painful & ugly.
You can look for the silver all you want, spout off & cling to platitudes like they are the only thing holding you together but what good does it do if you are unwilling to confront the stark reality of mental illness & suicide & be 100% honest that you don't have all the answers
Am I saying it is all doom and gloom? Hell no because you have good days, bad days....you have moments that motivate you to fight harder..that motivate you to keep pushing through, that motivate you to at very least keep your heart beating, to keep breathing
You have moments of clarity and when you keep pushing forward, you learn how to manage, how to survive and how to thrive in spite of it all..it's possible to lead a whole and fulfilling life...to be happy and to be as well as you can be.
But the fight doesn't end....it never ends. You take it day by day for the rest of your life and no matter how healed you think you are, how determined you are to live....you can still lose the battle and that's why I don't care to be inspirational, I want to be real and honest.
I want others dealing with mental illness and suicide to be prepared to fight, to have the resources necessary to fight to best of their ability, to have a support system...to not be ashamed or afraid of their struggles.
and I want others to know that what we need are resources. we need the means to have access to mental health care providers, we need culturally relevant and sensitve mental health care. We need support, we need the time, patience and energy of our loved ones to help us survive.

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Oct 1, 2018
One year ago today, One year ago today, I was in Washington D.C. I was given the honor of opening the speaker portion of the March for Racial Justice. @CSPAN c-span.org/video/?c474557…

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For a moment today, I thought to myself...I don't know how I managed because I was pretty broken. My entire life had fallen apart just a week before, I had no money, I had no home and my heart was shattered and I honestly didn't think I was going to make it to D.C.
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RAPE HAPPENS. FALSE RAPE ACCUSATIONS HAPPEN. One does not negate the other & should not be use to invalidate the experiences of those who have been raped & those falsely accused of rape, just as FEAR of rape & FEAR of accusations of rape should not be used to vilify each other.
Seriously. FEAR is valid, no matter how irrational it is. But FEAR is not justification for discrimination, hate, rape, or any other form of violence. This is America & we already know how FEAR has been weaponized to divide us politically, socially, economically, racially, etc
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#femaleblackout...Why do I get the feeling this ridiculous thing was concocted by a White Feminist, especially since Blackout Day is a day in March to celebrate Black Voices and Excellence.
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Oooh just got a schedule for #IndigenousComicCon and it's going to be AMAZING! Get your tickets at indigenouscomiccon.com and come see me at the following panels:
Sometimes Dead is better: Colonialism through the lens of horror films.
Indian burial grounds, cursed amulets, cannibal tribes. In this discussion we look at the ways indigenous people are used in horror films and the ongoing fear of the angry savage spirit.
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Before I could even open my mouth to say anything, the other passenger, also a guy, said "Why? You the kind of guy that could be accused of rape?
Uber Driver: What the fuck kind of guy is that? Good men get accused of rape all the time.
Passenger dude: Good men do not accused of rape all the time. I've been with a lot of women in my 47 years and not once have I been accused of rape nor have I worried about it.
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Uber Driver: Staring at the dude like he killed his cat.
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