Teré
@blkboidream.bsky.social
3.11.24🦋 & Family Man 🏳️⚧️
Poet Educator, CLC PRC [MFA Student]
Substack >> terraywrites.substack.com
Poet Educator, CLC PRC [MFA Student]
Substack >> terraywrites.substack.com
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. - Zora Neale Hurston
April 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. - Zora Neale Hurston
we don’t talk nearly enough about how we are reparenting one another in the smallest ways:
you don’t have to be in crisis to be cared for.
you don’t have to earn gentleness.
you don’t have to prove you’re worthy of love.
you don’t have to be in crisis to be cared for.
you don’t have to earn gentleness.
you don’t have to prove you’re worthy of love.
April 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
we don’t talk nearly enough about how we are reparenting one another in the smallest ways:
you don’t have to be in crisis to be cared for.
you don’t have to earn gentleness.
you don’t have to prove you’re worthy of love.
you don’t have to be in crisis to be cared for.
you don’t have to earn gentleness.
you don’t have to prove you’re worthy of love.
To be loved is a sacred thing.
“My writing is an act of survival. It’s what I do when I feel like I’m disappearing.”
It is a joy being married to this amazing human. I never imagined I would marry a wordsmith who shows us the parts of ourselves we would rather hide than heal.
But I did. And I am grateful.
It is a joy being married to this amazing human. I never imagined I would marry a wordsmith who shows us the parts of ourselves we would rather hide than heal.
But I did. And I am grateful.
Writers on Resistance: Meet Teré Fowler-Chapman
I AM THE DISRUPTION
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
To be loved is a sacred thing.
I’m taking an instagram break and it’s been kind of nice, focusing on my relationship with words. I did this interview recently. Check check check it out: open.substack.com/pub/hillaryl...
Writers on Resistance: Meet Teré Fowler-Chapman
I AM THE DISRUPTION
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I’m taking an instagram break and it’s been kind of nice, focusing on my relationship with words. I did this interview recently. Check check check it out: open.substack.com/pub/hillaryl...
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We got engaged two years today. Now, @blkboidream.bsky.social and I are married, hosting family in our house for the first time, and were officially accepted by our first choice adoption agency. Happy holidays, indeed!
December 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
We got engaged two years today. Now, @blkboidream.bsky.social and I are married, hosting family in our house for the first time, and were officially accepted by our first choice adoption agency. Happy holidays, indeed!
In other news, my wife is using her platform at MSNBC to give this world all she can handle. Check this out 👀
“Whether it’s enshrining abortion rights, prohibiting book bans or ensuring trans people of all ages have access to gender-affirming care, liberal states should commit to aggressively outmaneuvering their conservative counterparts.” I wrote about New Jersey outlawing book bans for MSNBC.
Opinion | This state’s ‘Freedom to Read’ act sends a message to conservatives — and liberals
Laws like New Jersey’s Freedom to Read Act should be a signal to lawmakers and governors in more liberal states that it’s time to play offense.
www.msnbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
In other news, my wife is using her platform at MSNBC to give this world all she can handle. Check this out 👀
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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It’s both beautiful and exhausting navigating the world as a neurodivergent person. On one hand, my brain has given me space to engage in my mental health in ways I never imagined. On the other, it’s hard moving through spaces where self-awareness isn’t in the foundation or fabric of others.
December 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
It’s both beautiful and exhausting navigating the world as a neurodivergent person. On one hand, my brain has given me space to engage in my mental health in ways I never imagined. On the other, it’s hard moving through spaces where self-awareness isn’t in the foundation or fabric of others.
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Sometimes, people from marginalized communities buy into the idea that they’re the only one in the room because of how “good” or “talented” they are. That’s never ever true.
White supremacist culture loves a token.
Don’t ever buy into that false hype. Lift while you climb instead.
White supremacist culture loves a token.
Don’t ever buy into that false hype. Lift while you climb instead.
December 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Sometimes, people from marginalized communities buy into the idea that they’re the only one in the room because of how “good” or “talented” they are. That’s never ever true.
White supremacist culture loves a token.
Don’t ever buy into that false hype. Lift while you climb instead.
White supremacist culture loves a token.
Don’t ever buy into that false hype. Lift while you climb instead.
Day ✌🏾 @antiochmfa.bsky.social
A pen, is such a catalyst. My past self knew this, promised this, wrote this, and spoke this— no matter what. Grateful to be proving those dreams right: I am here. Writing myself into a society that is hyperfixated on writing me out.
#AntiochMFA #KeepWriting
A pen, is such a catalyst. My past self knew this, promised this, wrote this, and spoke this— no matter what. Grateful to be proving those dreams right: I am here. Writing myself into a society that is hyperfixated on writing me out.
#AntiochMFA #KeepWriting
December 6, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Day ✌🏾 @antiochmfa.bsky.social
A pen, is such a catalyst. My past self knew this, promised this, wrote this, and spoke this— no matter what. Grateful to be proving those dreams right: I am here. Writing myself into a society that is hyperfixated on writing me out.
#AntiochMFA #KeepWriting
A pen, is such a catalyst. My past self knew this, promised this, wrote this, and spoke this— no matter what. Grateful to be proving those dreams right: I am here. Writing myself into a society that is hyperfixated on writing me out.
#AntiochMFA #KeepWriting
Internal Library Finding 👀: “its all hard.. its about what hard you choose to live with” — Khysin Bless 💈
November 26, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Internal Library Finding 👀: “its all hard.. its about what hard you choose to live with” — Khysin Bless 💈
Growth mindset: I'm tired of this 🤬 means I’m really tired 😴 and need a mental health day
November 26, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Growth mindset: I'm tired of this 🤬 means I’m really tired 😴 and need a mental health day
So many presses, literary hubs, and publications are dying right now. If it feels like the literary world is on fire, it’s because it is.
Sending prayers to everyone impacted—you deserve so much better. I hope you continue to write and discover long enough for this world to hear and hold you close.
Sending prayers to everyone impacted—you deserve so much better. I hope you continue to write and discover long enough for this world to hear and hold you close.
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
So many presses, literary hubs, and publications are dying right now. If it feels like the literary world is on fire, it’s because it is.
Sending prayers to everyone impacted—you deserve so much better. I hope you continue to write and discover long enough for this world to hear and hold you close.
Sending prayers to everyone impacted—you deserve so much better. I hope you continue to write and discover long enough for this world to hear and hold you close.
Proof: they not like us.
If discovery proves Drake has had inappropriate contact with young girls, this is going to get MUCH worse. Take the L, go to therapy, and regroup. We still like Drake with the melodies!
Drake has launched a second legal action against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” accusing the music giant of defamation and claiming it could have halted the release of a song “falsely accusing him of being a sex offender”
November 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Proof: they not like us.
Kendrick Lamar should be studied in every classroom.
November 26, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Kendrick Lamar should be studied in every classroom.
I'm thinking about turning this page to like a daily prompt practice. That's all.
November 25, 2024 at 8:07 AM
I'm thinking about turning this page to like a daily prompt practice. That's all.
Wicked last night and King Kendrick this morning… I love when life feels legendary 👑
November 23, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Wicked last night and King Kendrick this morning… I love when life feels legendary 👑
Joy is always on time, even when it isn’t on my time.
November 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Joy is always on time, even when it isn’t on my time.
Grateful for sunshine after rainy days ⛰️
June 6, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Grateful for sunshine after rainy days ⛰️
Grateful for french toast w/berries and goat cheese, cooking eggs based on folx preference, and the laughter of family.
June 4, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Grateful for french toast w/berries and goat cheese, cooking eggs based on folx preference, and the laughter of family.
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“Tina Turner didn’t just deserve more; she deserved it all.” When Morgan Jerkins gets in her culture writing bag, we must all stop and read.
Tina Turner, Queen of the Rebrand
The late musician refused to be confined to any single portion of her story.
www.thecut.com
May 25, 2023 at 3:30 AM
“Tina Turner didn’t just deserve more; she deserved it all.” When Morgan Jerkins gets in her culture writing bag, we must all stop and read.
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I’m on an inner child date with my fiancé today. He took me to see The Little Mermaid, get a slushie, and buy an Ariel doll (and, while we were at it, a Mirabel doll, a Princess Tiana doll, and a Moana doll). My inner child is happy and my adult self is too. What a joy of a day.
May 28, 2023 at 9:18 PM
I’m on an inner child date with my fiancé today. He took me to see The Little Mermaid, get a slushie, and buy an Ariel doll (and, while we were at it, a Mirabel doll, a Princess Tiana doll, and a Moana doll). My inner child is happy and my adult self is too. What a joy of a day.
Hello in 300 characters or whateva
June 2, 2023 at 4:59 AM
Hello in 300 characters or whateva