Mekdela·Oct 20Spider-Man: Brand New DayI’m amazed by how smitten I am with the latest installment of the Spider-man series, Brand New Day. I first saw it on a date in Corona. It…
Mekdela·Jul 3The Black Girl Survives in this One: Horror Stories“After all, horror in fiction and movies wasn’t nearly as scary to me as coming of age as a Black girl” — 🎯 from the foreword of, “The…A response icon1A response icon1
Mekdela·Jul 2I’m a Black woman who wears wigs and no, I don’t hate myselfFrom my experience living on this Earth and dealing with people, I’ve figured some things out. Unfortunately, white supremacy is global…A response icon1A response icon1
Mekdela·Apr 5Roswell, New Mexico“Humans are obsessed with the illusion of happiness” — Clyde the alien to Michael.
Mekdela·Jan 23The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsAh, watching this movie is like eating your favorite comfort food. It is both familiar and grounding. Of course, I read the books before…
Mekdela·Jan 12Ozempic, GLP-1s, and Body PositivityBy: Mekdela, Author of “Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change”A response icon1A response icon1
Mekdela·Oct 8, 2025TwistedI belatedly watched the show Twisted on ABC Family after I ran across a video recommendation on YouTube. This video, When the Disposable…
Mekdela·Jun 25, 2025We Were LiarsWe Were Liars, and the way this story unfolded reminded me of my own summer 2015, when I was 23 and in love with a Brown Pakistani man. It…
