I had a friend ask me if Twitter user Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) was serious, or if he was a parody account. And it’s a slightly more complicated question than yes or no.  Nick Adams tweets are a constant stream of his “alpha male” world. Loving Hooters and Kid Rock, hating Fortnite and Rihanna. His subject matter is basic post-Trump conservative worldview, culture war embroiled reactionary hating M&Ms going woke or whatever else is the problem of the day, but he’s a remarkably successful Twitter poster because of the form of his tweets.

I had a mammogram in December, and it seemed sketchy (Latin term), so the radiologist and his crew invited me back for a second go at it. The second one revealed more about the little dot they had seen the first time, so they followed up with an ultrasound. Long story short, I saw a breast surgeon today about Little Dotty because my GP asked me to, and … ncG1vNJzZmiokanBqrDIoJ9nq6WXwLWtwqRlnKedZL1wtYyapGafoqTAtLjYZqynqpWirrO3wJujng%3D%3D

I’m nine years late and should be ashamed of myself. I had absolutely no idea that Black Expressions Book Club closed in 2013, and I’m clearly part of the problem when it comes to supporting the company. There was a time when I was relentlessly buying books via that club or physical stores. I loved the idea of strolling into African-owned and African-American-owned bookstores in downtown Chicago and the South Side of Chicago, taking note of any new book I saw.

The audio version of this post can be found here: 1× 0:00 -10:04 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.“You should go to the nuns.” “Have you heard of the nuns?” “The nuns will sort you out.” In the Netherlands, if you whisper a vague desire to learn a new language, someone will materialise out of nowhere and suggest you go to see ‘the nuns’. You could be standing in the street, butchering the translation of a sign, and a voice will bellow from an upstairs window, “GO SEE THE NUNS!

There’s a line in my book I think of every time I come across #tradwife content on social media. The therapist I saw after my escape was helping me see how I’d been my family’s PR manager for years. Christian wives kept their husband’s secrets and they protected their family’s appearance.” I come from the Michelle Duggar model of fundamentalist influencers, reinforced with this cherry-picked scripture so it couldn’t be argued with: These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands.