We have one goal at Un•Veiled: to get free. Freedom from capitalism. Freedom from individuality. Freedom from religious indoctrination. Freedom from doing (versus being). Freedom from yt supremacy illusion. Freedom from anti-blackness. Freedom from all the chains that were placed on our ancestors and us.
We believe storytelling is one…
I used to declare with pride that I’ve worked since I was fifteen years old. I dabbled in babysitting before then, but my first real checks came from a receptionist job at the nursing home where my mom worked. …
All of 2020 was especially hard to sleep, but the month of November took the cake. Six am bedtimes from relentless insomnia made my mind wander over the possibilities for my work.
After a Reiki session weeks prior, I realized I could no longer (and had no desire to) use…
Dear COVID-19,
This is a first, I’m sure. Only a special kind of person (or a delusional one) would write a letter to an acute respiratory disease that has put the world on its heels.
Well, the fact that you’ve got the world at a halt, this could very well…
Two years ago, after Anthony Bourdain died, I shared some words on Instagram about what he meant to me as someone who had an innate pull to see the world and its people.
A follower commented and said, “Suicide is never a solution. He should have fought his nemesis.” …
Hostels can be a hit or miss, and after spending time in almost one hundred of them, I know this to be true.
They’ve made me want to pack my stuff and find a flight home, but after learning my deal-breakers in booking them, my travel experiences, and sleep have…
The suicide rate in America amongst Black youth is increasing rapidly, and we have to ask ourselves why we are not collectively outraged by the preventable deaths of Black children.
In November 2019, a frightening study was released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which concluded that suicide attempts…
If there’s one thing I share with pride, it’s that I’m a Gemini. I’m actually a Gemini sun and Gemini rising, which basically means I’m four people in one.
Gemini’s tend to get a bad rap from the other signs with labels such as “crazy” because of our multiple identities…
I will be the first to tell you I have no desire to be famous. The thought alone sends me into the most intense sweats and makes me want to run and hide. I honestly don’t know how celebs do it.
I still get uneasy when pitching major publications because…
My longest relationship to date was four years and ended in 2016. In hindsight, we should have parted ways many times through the years, but we convinced ourselves that dysfunction and toxicity was love.
Throughout our time together, I always found myself reading relationship advice columns, blogs, and books to…
