Bill Cosby
In today's It Is About Time, news. Cosby. Bill.
Read..."The thing about trauma is that it is hard to remember many of the details, even though some of them remain eternally etched in your memory. I will never forget the pattern of my friend's curtains that I stared at all night long, willing the sun to rise so I could go home, and I will also never forget staring at the white liquid in my underwear and then standing in the shower, trying to burn away my skin, until the water became icy cold."
Read...I live my life at the intersections of blackness and womanhood, which means my presence is doubly erased and my words often fall on deaf ears. Even in spaces created to challenge power structures that disempower black women, we often find ourselves seemingly shouting our grievances into the ether.
Read...It's not easy to reconcile caring about someone with allegations of abuse against them. But sometimes, it's necessary.
Read...No, Bill Cosby isn't my dad. But he was like one to me growing up.
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