Chinelo IkemMay 21, 20216 minreflection: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant[i interviewed Elise Bryant about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~some spoilers~ “My...
Chinelo IkemMay 21, 20216 minreflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers[i interviewed Morgan Rogers about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW:...
Chinelo IkemMay 21, 20215 minreflection: Outlawed by Anna North~book reflection~~spoilers~ “These VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS are known to harbor among them WITCHES and people of MIXED BREED, and to...
Chinelo IkemMay 21, 20216 minreflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.~book reflection~ TW: sexual assault “I choosy with who pain I feel,” Sarah said. “Some people pain is eternal. Some people worship they...
Chinelo IkemMay 20, 20215 minreflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson[i interviewed Nancy Johnson about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram page.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Somehow,...
Chinelo IkemMay 20, 20214 minreflection: The Push by Ashley Audrain~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Cecilia knew early on she wasn’t meant to be a mother. She could feel it in her bones as womanhood set in....
Chinelo IkemFeb 11, 20214 minreflection: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse~book reflection~~spoilers~ "There will always be those who urge you to war. Interrogate their objective. If you find that it is peace,...
Chinelo IkemJan 31, 20215 minreflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: DV "That loving a person means letting them change when they need to. And letting them go when they need...
Chinelo IkemJan 15, 20214 minreflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel~book reflection~ TW: overt sexual themes, violence "I treated dating like it was my job. The men were easy fun. There was more to it, of...
Chinelo IkemJan 3, 20215 minreflection: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: sexual assault, drug addiction "The man publicly known as Korey Fields sold twenty million albums, toured...
Chinelo IkemDec 25, 20204 minreflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: suicide "I think it is possible to track the onset of middle age exactly. It is the moment when you...
Chinelo IkemDec 15, 20204 minreflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie~book reflection~~major spoilers~ "It's obvious that you're half-caste," she said, lowering her voice to a chilling whisper. "At best....
Chinelo IkemDec 1, 20204 minreflection: Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell"Within glitch feminism, glitch is celebrated as a vehicle of refusal, a strategy of nonperformance...Glitch feminism urges us to...
Chinelo IkemDec 1, 20205 minreflection: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole~some spoilers~ "What am I supposed to do?" I get up and pace. "I'm not walking into a police station and announcing there's an organized...