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Another Orbit
Well, here we go again. Today I completed the 32nd orbit around the blazing ball of fire that keeps our universe, universing. The...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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I May Destroy You
Arabella is stalking the scene of the crime, which is ironically and symbolically a bar called ‘Ego Death’. She cannot go in. She makes...
Madalyn McKnight
Sep 5, 20203 min read
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How ‘Queen Sono’ is Giving Us Everything We Didn’t Know We Needed
Queen Sono was such a moving show! Check out my review of it from The Pedestal Post! Everyone should watch it and check in!! The...
Madalyn McKnight
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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Git Up, (But Don’t) Get Out
Although Outkast wrote this song many years ago, just know that you can git up and get out without GETTING UP AND GETTING OUT if you know...
Madalyn McKnight
May 24, 20202 min read
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No Crooked Letter Blues
I wasn’t born in Mississippi, but Mississippi raised me. Since 4 or 5, I have been educated in classrooms and educated by life here. Our...
Madalyn McKnight
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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Who Can We Run To?
The major topic for the last few days has really created a purge of all of my social media accounts. People I respected, have known for...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 6, 20193 min read
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Hello, 2019
2018 was a lot of fun. I laughed, traveled, celebrated, and embraced major changes in my life. I accomplished some goals, stepped out on...
Madalyn McKnight
Jan 2, 20192 min read
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Cancelled: A Short Story About Your Fave
One of my favorite Amy Winehouse songs is called “What is it about men?”. This is a very good question, but even better is ‘What is it...
Madalyn McKnight
Apr 30, 20182 min read
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Black History Month Week 2: Acceptance
Although a staple in Alcoholics Anonymous and other organizations that cater to offering support in recovery from addiction, I recite the...
Madalyn McKnight
Feb 9, 20181 min read
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hypocrisy not democracy
What is true American pride for a person of color? Should I be thankful to be here? Grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded?...
Madalyn McKnight
Sep 26, 20172 min read
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Post-aversay
I have had this website established for more than a year, but what makes this date so special is that this is the anniversary of my first...
Madalyn McKnight
Sep 19, 20172 min read
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Black Blood: Native Soil
As I sit in front of this computer trying to formulate the words for my thoughts and feelings concerning the events of this past weekend....
Madalyn McKnight
Aug 14, 20172 min read
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March To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
I used to have a hard time being myself. I mean unapologetically me. Classical music is my favorite genre, you will rarely see with...
Madalyn McKnight
Jul 9, 20172 min read
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Harry Potter, The Boy Who Inspired
I was a nerd, a geek, a long-legged, wide-smiling munchkin. I had glasses (which I thought were very cute). I loved to read, and I had a...
Madalyn McKnight
Jun 26, 20172 min read
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Thanks, Dad
When I was 14, I traveled to Denver for the first time to see the man who is partly responsible for my existence. It had been a few years...
Madalyn McKnight
Jun 16, 20172 min read
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A Pre-Existing Condition
I am a black woman. I am a walking pre-existing condition. Seriously. Just in case you’ve been under a rock. The House of Representatives...
Madalyn McKnight
May 7, 20172 min read
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Sometimes It Snows In April
It’s been so lonely without you here; I’m like a bird without a song… Prince Rogers Nelson. A visionary, a leader, a musical genius, a...
Madalyn McKnight
Apr 20, 20173 min read
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The Ivy On The Window: An Ode To Kalief Browder
It was your smile. It didn’t quite reach your eyes in the first picture I saw of you and it made me curious. How can one seem so sad with...
Madalyn McKnight
Apr 6, 20173 min read
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The Shoulders On Which I Stand
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, it gives me a chance to reflect on all of the women in my life who make a difference and an...
Madalyn McKnight
Mar 28, 20172 min read
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A Letter For The Girls
A letter to 14 year-old self. It’s in your eyes. It’s in your smile. It’s in the way you walk and the way you talk. A force nature with a...
Madalyn McKnight
Mar 19, 20172 min read
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