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I Don’t Want to Die. At Least Not Today.
Content Note: This essay talks openly about depression, suicidal ideation, and my recent suicide attempt.
Jun 7
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Stephanie Monds
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Black Boys Burning
The 1959 Wrightsville Fire and the Fight Over Teaching Black History
Feb 22
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Stephanie Monds
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Qanon Was Sorta Right: When the Real Scandal Got Rewritten
How a Genuine Elite Abuse Network Became Political Ammunition
Feb 4
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Stephanie Monds
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I Brought Her to the Place She Brought Me
I was gifted an all expense paid, five day trip to Italy. Although I didn't have to pay for my flight or accommodations, it cost me dearly. My baby…
Feb 3
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Stephanie Monds
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Grief, Rage, and the Nervous System in an Authoritarian Moment
An offering
Jan 26
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Stephanie Monds
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This is My Proof Of Life
A republished essay on teen motherhood, grief, addiction, and survival.
Jan 24
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Stephanie Monds
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A Is for Avah
Grief, Avoidance, and the Altar I Couldn’t Look At
Jan 22
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Stephanie Monds
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Trying to Feel Safe in a System Built for Your Destruction
On raising Black children in a cultrure that rehearses cruelty
Jan 19
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Stephanie Monds
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All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk
On Tokens, Empire, and the Lie of Proximity
Jan 15
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Stephanie Monds
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When Life Gives You Moldy, Rotten Lemons
Because all lemons ain't for lemonade. Whoever came up with “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” had access to better fruit than I did.
Jan 12
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Hair Day, Rewritten.
On Black hair, correction, and choosing gentleness on purpose.
Jan 9
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Stephanie Monds
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The Writing Room
A virtual writing room. A friend named Cricket. And a reminder that color still exists even if it doesn’t stay.
Jan 6
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Stephanie Monds
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FAFO Season: Venezuela Edition
Proximity to power is not power. Loyalty is not leverage. FAFO season is undefeated.
Jan 6
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Stephanie Monds
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Fast Girl / Fass Girl
In my family, “being fast” didn’t just mean being reckless. It meant visibility. And visibility, for a Black girl, was treated as a liability.
Jan 4
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Stephanie Monds
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Ricominciare (to begin again)
Mama. Writer. Life-feeler. Recoverer of everything. Part memoir, part mirror, part megaphone. Subscribe. Share if it hits🦋🤟🏾
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