Nailah Robinson
Bio
Author, Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Cousin, Daughter In Law, Sister In Law, Friend, Grand Daughter, Niece, Teacher, and Student. I am so many things to so many people, but in the end, I'm just Nailah.
Stories (66/0)
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
This book is so honest, so poetic, so in your face can't turn away...this memoir is a love /hate letter to Kiese's best friend and most important part of his life, his mother. He is telling her all the parts of him, everything that has happened to him, all the ways she was a part of that, and he is doing it in such a way that it is impossible for her not to feel every inch of what he was feeling experiencing it. I know this because as a reader, with no connection to this author, I felt every inch of what he was feeling experiencing it.
By Nailah Robinson3 years ago in Geeks
Long After Assault
Molestation and rape were a common theme in my childhood. This is the curse of growing up a pretty black girl, I thought. I knew that my cousins, my mother, and other women I grew up around had been touched inappropriately too, so I didn't really dwell on it too much when it happened to me. Movies taught me that it happens to all women not just the pretty black girls left alone with the wrong male "family" member or "friend," so I thought, this is just what happens to women. Then I learned that it happens to men too, and I just thought, this is what happens period. We just pick ourselves up and move on. I saw a post the other day that said something to the effect, "hyper sexuality after sexual abuse isn't talked about enough. I've seen many women who were abused sexually disconnect with their bodies, and end up just being over sexual...sometimes it's hurt looking for temporary healing," and I identified with this statement so much. I even remember having a conversation with a male friend when I was older to this exact effect. As a survivor of molestation and rape in my younger years, there has always been a disconnect when it came to sex for me, but I don't feel like I became hyper sexual. I feel like I just stopped caring about sex one way or the other.
By Nailah Robinson3 years ago in Psyche
One Sweet Day
Opening my eyes, for a moment, everything seemed the same. The sun peeked through the curtains and kissed my cheeks. The pillows hugged me perfectly from memory. The alarm clock on the nightstand clicked over and blared the relaxing melody of crashing ocean waves my water sign needed to start my day off right. It was never needed because I always woke up five minutes before the event and just lay there thinking, and even this could not help today.
By Nailah Robinson3 years ago in Fiction
Polyamory is Simply Love Plural
I am one of the polyamorous people who are tired of talking about polyamory at this point. I spent so many years not saying anything about my relationship(s), that when I finally did say something, everybody questioned everything. Then all of a sudden polyamory became this popular term that now everybody wants to explore and talk about, and the ridiculousness started. Even though I am tired of talking about it, a few days ago I had an encounter with a young lady who claimed to be polyamorous, but her ideas about what that meant were just simply misguided, and the educator in me (I'm a teacher) could not let that slide. So after the discussion with her, I decided I would write this to let other people know what polyamory is not.
By Nailah Robinson3 years ago in Humans
Vegas on a Budget
I have always loved to travel. When I was younger, my step mother tried to take me everywhere, and wherever she was allowed to take me, I was always happy to go. When I got older and had to foot the bill myself, there were only so many places I could afford with even less time to go, and traveling went on the back burner. Back in February, I started my new side gig as a travel agent. It was something that I wanted to try since some friends had already done this years before, but I just never took the leap until finally, with the pandemic and with everyone trying new things, I decided to go for it. Because I am still relatively new to the industry, I needed to really get out here and travel more, but my budget is very meager seeing how I am a student, mother of three teenagers, and I just started on this brand new journey, I decided it was now or never. Vegas, though it is easy to rack up a nice little price tag in America's playground, can still be done on a budget. Here are just a few clues as to how to save a coin or two and still do everything that you might want to do there.
By Nailah Robinson3 years ago in Wander