Electric Soul

You've heard it before. "You're so pretty for a (insert minority here) girl." or "You're cool, you're not like other girls." or the oh so common, "You're smart, you're not like those other (insert minority here)." Just so you know, those aren't real compliments and you sound like an idiot. For one, my positive attributes shouldn't be in relation to other people and second, don't insult an entire group of people just to uplift me. I don't want that. I'm not okay with it and it just makes me feel like I'm constantly on a timer until I piss you off and you throw it in my face that you thought I was different but you guess not. Like if I show signs of being "just like" other women or other black people that you'll cut me off and honestly? I hope you do, or I'll cut you off before you even think we're close. I don't need people in my life like that. Just, before you say something to s

If we see something that needs to be addressed, is it alright for us to turn a blind eye or not say something because we are afraid of the backlash? See, that's a question I asked myself when someone whom I used to really admire and look up to said that they didn't want to address heavy topics because the negative feedback they were getting was too much to handle. I know it's sometimes hard to hold onto your confidence when you have people coming at you from all sides saying that what you're feeling and what you think is wrong. But in my opinion it's worse to hold your feelings in and pretend like something isn't happening. The world can be unforgiving, especially for people who are outspoken with no apologies. The thing is, you're going to get that no matter what you talk about. No matter what you do in life, you're going to be faced with people who don't like your message. So why not make your message count? You can still do what you want. Hav