PinnedPatrick Jonathan DerilusStepping Against The Scale: “Health” Is Prescribed For The Human, Never The Black”“For “race” to be constructed, the Slave had to exist — and had to exist as the antithesis of health.” — Da’Shaun, Belly of The BeastAug 10Aug 10
PinnedPatrick Jonathan DerilusAn Anecdote To Rap: A Happy 50th Birthday and Thank You Letter To Hip-HopHip-Hop is an extensively pronounced variation of The Dozens. I just want to give a special thanks to the art form.Aug 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023
PinnedPatrick Jonathan DerilusAppreciating My Black Body For What It IsI decided to publish this here and share the difficult but necessary journey toward appreciating my Black body for what it is.Mar 26Mar 26
PinnedPatrick Jonathan DerilusA Calling: I don’t call it “god”I gradually began to believe these occurrences happened because they are in part of the collective struggle for better.Feb 28, 2023Feb 28, 2023
Patrick Jonathan Deriluspummeled, a meditation on the state of thingsit’s entrenched in the grammar of the world do not entertain the question; if only we could refrain from saying what we do not mean.Oct 21Oct 21
Patrick Jonathan Derilusgrow up isn’t what you think it meansThe more I thought about it, it reminded me a lot of myself — how I’ve lived with this sense of existential dread.Oct 21Oct 21
Patrick Jonathan DerilusDon’t Despair Let’s End The World: A Word for Frank B. Wilderson III’s Afropessimism“Afropessimism is Black people at their best. “Mad at the world” is Black folks at their best.” — Frank B. Wilderson III, AfropessimismAug 61Aug 61
Patrick Jonathan DerilusA Meditation On The Black Condition: No Need For Rhyme Or Reason For Melancholy“Getting help is for mental health is not enough. We live in a world where people don’t want to live in it anymore.Jun 6Jun 6
