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He/Him are my pronouns and my biography. #LeagueOfVoluntaryElectiveBaldMen #EverybodyHatesStephenA #NotAnotherPodcast https://substack.com/@makinghisstory

Today I will HEAL.
Lock screen photo showing an angry green bird from the Duolingo app.
Ooohweee!
Cire, my French Bulldog catching his breath in a breathing chamber.
Me and ma.
A neighborhood quilt painted on the wall of Lamond-Riggs Library in Washington, D.C. that contains a portrait of my paternal grandparents. (Lower left square obstructed by the stair railing.)
Delroy Lindo wants you to SAY IT!
A Capricorn goat.
Me on the other side of the bar.
Bernard Hopkins gets knocked out of the boxing ring.
Millie Jackson 'Feelin' Bitchy' album cover.
"...Donald-Donald Bill y'all!"
Esther Rolle (actor).
Taraji Henson (actor).
Susan Kelechi Watson (actress).
Amber Ruffin (comedian, host).
Tracee Ellis Ross (actress) holding a Golden Globe award.
Headshot of Regina Hall (actress).
Janelle James (actor, comedian) and Ari Lennox (singer, siren, muse).
Alysha Clark.
Andra Day is holding a phone to her ear.
A black sweatshirt which has "The Black Man Can." screen printed in white letting and red punctuation, and a brown leather journal with "black & scholared" embossed on the cover.
Illustration of someone about to get swung on.
MIQ of a planned parenthood PSA from @seauxcocoa that reads "Use your butt in February"
Answer the phone!
Craig of the Creek gestures in disbelief.
An illustration of somebody about to get swung on.
Craig of the Creek does not believe you.
Photo of an AmeriKKKa's MOST WANTED (Ice Cube) cassette tape.
A live steamer gets live slapped.
A beef bacon and spinach frittata.
Damon Wayans playing a verbose convict in In Living Color.
YouTube Music Screenshot of lyrics excerpted from 'Float On' by The Floaters which reads "Libra; and my name is Charles / Now I like a woman that's quiet / A woman who carries herself like Miss Universe…”
My son at the Morehouse President's luncheon after their Convocation.
InsightTimer daily intention image which reads "spread love."
YouTube Music Screenshot of lyrics excerpted from 'My World (beyond)' by anaiis which reads "The rain falls / the wind blows / I'Il keep holding on / Call it a blessing, but really a lesson / I'm learning to love it all / My spirit's been tested and just when I thought that I couldn't take anymore / You gave me the strength to keep holding on."
Memoji of my face with chin in hand and a perpetual look of curiosity.
Album cover of (Duke) Ellington at Newport.
Me in a hooded, pink and blue Nike sweatsuit, and Gore-Tex Jordans, wearing a hat with SUSHI TENANCIES in pink lettering. Cire, my white French bulldog puppy, is on his leash and wearing in a pink harness.
Me, in a Black Panther Party hat and a bleached charcoal Levi's jean jacket.
A clip of Tyrese Gibson on The Breakfast Club saying, "Not comparing tragedies—this was our September 11th..."
Cire is side-eyeing hard again.
Me (not pictured) at 22, cutting my son's hair on his 1st birthday.
Clip from the film Better Off Dead where the paperboy comes to collect his "Two dollars!"
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand saluting with their raised fists in black gloves at the 1968 Olympics.