Why The End of a Friendship Can Shatter You in Ways Romance Never Could
We know how to grieve when a romance ends. There are breakup playlists, comfort foods, and a cultural script for heartbreak. But when the loss is a friend who once felt like your soulmate, there’s usually silence. No rituals. No shared language. No space to hold the grief that follows.
Review: How Isaiah Falls’ Night Off Performance Transformed My View on Love
There’s a unique kind of magic that happens in Chicago during the summer. It’s the warmth that fills the air, the electric energy that swells with each evening breeze, and the undeniable sense that something special is just around the corner. That magic was unmistakably present at Isaiah Falls’ Concert for Lovers Only at The Promontory—a performance that felt as intimate as it was electrifying.
Why Are We Still Romanticizing Struggle?
For generations, Black communities have been taught to wear pain like armor. Struggle has been packaged as strength, exhaustion mistaken for ambition and survival celebrated as a success story.