Pinnedqianya vinsonTo 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…4 min read·Mar 16, 2021----
qianya vinsonGoody Two Shoesor why i couldn’t bring myself to buy weed until it was legal5 min read·Jan 30, 2021----
qianya vinsoninGrowing GriefBlessed 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…9 min read·Jan 10, 2021----
qianya vinsonOn 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…6 min read·Jan 10, 2021----
qianya vinsonLimbs 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…5 min read·Jan 10, 2021----
qianya vinsonWhy 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…4 min read·Oct 26, 2017--3--3