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Stop Running For Second Place!

By hannahdrake628 on March 29, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

This week Stacey Abrams appeared on The View and was asked about the rumors that she was being tapped to run alongside (behind) Joe Biden as the 2020 Vice President candidate. With no hesitation, Abrams stated, “I think you don’t run for second place.”In one sentence, Abrams spoke an entire sermon, and it resonated deeply with me. While Abrams was talking about the primary, I took her comments as a lesson for my life to stop running for second place. Who stands at the starting line of a race and says, “I want to be second?” Your mentality should always be, “I want to be first!” The goal should always be to run to win!

Have the Courage to Speak Truth to Power, Cory Booker.

By hannahdrake628 on February 12, 2019 • ( 21 Comments )

Did a Black man really ask Black people to put ourselves into the shoes of a White person? Are you KIDDING ME, Cory? WHAT SHOES? Shoes of privilege? Shoes of cognitive dissonance? Shoes of denying racism exist? Shoes of “just get over it?” Shoes of Make America Great Again? I don’t need to step into the shoes of White America.

The Politics of Cardi B

By hannahdrake628 on February 1, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

In an industry that is heavily male-dominated, with labels crafting who they wanted to be the next “It Girl,” Cardi’s B carefree, no holds barred, style took the world by storm. Gone were the days of industry curated and crafted interviews. Cardi B took to social media to air her grievances, share her story, discuss her sex life, and offer a multitude of clapbacks that had us begging for more. Who else could dog walk Tomi Lahren around the world?

Dear White Women, It’s Not You, It’s Me. I’m Breaking Up With You.

By hannahdrake628 on November 7, 2018 • ( 32 Comments )

Dear White Women, I have thought about writing this letter for years and have finally realized that it is time. Perhaps a letter that has been long overdue. I have spent more than half of my life writing everything from poetry to novels trying to speak to women […]

The BIGGEST LIE White Men have pulled on the WORLD is Pretending EVERYONE ELSE IS THE ENEMY.

By hannahdrake628 on November 1, 2018 • ( 6 Comments )

With just a few days before the November 6, 2018 election Hitler Squared Donald Trump is revving up the racism to ensure that his cult, idiots, followers, supporters will go out and vote for more racists. There is no better way to do that than to stoke the […]

Many Resisters Don’t Want Change; They Want to Get Back to Brunch

By hannahdrake628 on October 19, 2018 • ( 6 Comments )

Throughout history, photographs have captured the emotion and message of movements or pivotal times in history. Many of us can recall seeing images that spoke to the times with many of the photographs moving, inspiring, challenging, angering or calling us to action. I can still recall the emotion […]

Why Are You Angry, White Man?

By hannahdrake628 on September 28, 2018 • ( 9 Comments )

Only White men are allowed to be angry… So I ask… Why are you angry, White man? Did the world give you too much? Did too many women bow down to your needs? Didn’t she swallow just the way you like it? Didn’t the church make you the […]

Kaepernick, Nike and White America’s (Fake) Tears

By hannahdrake628 on September 4, 2018 • ( 11 Comments )

It was the 3rd of the September
That day I’ll always remember
Yes, I will
Cause that was the day
Racists in America cried

To My Old Kentucky Home: Your Whiteness Will Not Save You

By hannahdrake628 on August 26, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

As many of you know, I am being nominated to be the next Poet Laureate of Kentucky. In the history of Kentucky Poet Laureates, a position that was established in 1926, there has only been one Kentucky Poet Laureate that was African-American, my friend, Frank X Walker. While […]

Dear Amy Siskind:How NOT To Do Feminism and Intersectionality. I Brought Receipts. PART II

By hannahdrake628 on August 15, 2018 • ( 11 Comments )

White Feminism uses the “all the Black girls are picking on me” card. It weaponizes White tears.

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Stop Running For Second Place!

Have the Courage to Speak Truth to Power, Cory Booker.

The Politics of Cardi B

Dear White Women, It’s Not You, It’s Me. I’m Breaking Up With You.

The BIGGEST LIE White Men have pulled on the WORLD is Pretending EVERYONE ELSE IS THE ENEMY.

Many Resisters Don’t Want Change; They Want to Get Back to Brunch

Why Are You Angry, White Man?

Kaepernick, Nike and White America’s (Fake) Tears

To My Old Kentucky Home: Your Whiteness Will Not Save You

Dear Amy Siskind:How NOT To Do Feminism and Intersectionality. I Brought Receipts. PART II

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