Well re[A]d & Black's Avatar

Well re[A]d & Black

@wellredinblack.bsky.social

redinblack.substack.com Finally old enough to be in grown folks business. Writer✍🏼|EducatorπŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ«|EntrepreneurπŸ’Έ|πŸ‘ 

167 Followers  |  154 Following  |  101 Posts  |  Joined: 27.11.2024
Posts Following

Posts by Well re[A]d & Black (@wellredinblack.bsky.social)

There’s a future version of you telling the story of how it all came together. This is your sign. Keep going.

There’s a future version of you telling the story of how it all came together. This is your sign. Keep going.

Good morning β˜€οΈ

20.11.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Someone said Steffon is just Offset with the letter rearranged and now I'm convinced Cardi is cursed.

06.11.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cardi referencing Get 10 on the first track told me everything I needed to know about the album 😭😭
Gave me chills!

08.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

fall foliage
feeds a starved nation
hungry for reinvigoration

#vss365 #reinvigorate
#haikufeels #fall
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#writingcommunity #photography
#eastcoastkin #mountainmonday

photo: mine- Fall at Zion National
Park in UT. Golden trees against a stunning mountain/blue sky backdrop

22.09.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

and how being a young woman of color from a poor inner city neighborhood impacted how I was perceived.
One day, I’ll be able to write more about this.
#worklifebalance #youngblackprofessionals #blackwomen

03.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1. I am immensely grateful to my bosses and organizations that I worked for, for being so forward, thinking and flexible.
2. in hindsight, I wonder how I was perceived and how my work was perceived by members of my community beyond just not understanding my work-life floor .

03.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I started working from home a few days a week late 2018. At that time, my community mostly conceived work in a more traditional way β€œ9 to 5””go to the office come back home.” so my work life flow was foreign to those around me. I have a few thoughts:

03.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I hear aesthetic and I think: cult, clique, group think. lol Like on some "on Wednesdays we wear pink" & like everyone is actually afraid and insecure and need to be told what to do to feel safe and like they belong.

30.07.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saw a TT and the creator said: folks have become so used to **aesthetic** that now they're triggered by authenticity.

30.07.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We have mistaken surveillance for safety. However, the more we surveil, the more shadows we create. Most don't operate in the light because they've resorted to unethical means to surveil. Harm reduction won't even get addressed. This is about control, not safety.

26.07.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hulk Hogan too!? they really do comes in threes.

24.07.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are officially in a moral surveillance state and we all willing fell into it. Social Credit scores on the way.
#teaapp #dating

24.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ai resorting to Blackmail is not surprising.

21.07.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bruh WHAT?!

21.07.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just learned what Corn Sweat is. And no, its not a new TikTok GenZ euphemism for a topic that might get your videos demonetized or taken down.
#climatechage #heatwave #weather #eastcoast

21.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am, by no means, afraid of confrontation. I just don't like the idea of going to jail.
#bluesky #writers #fafo

21.07.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People are emotionally loyal to appearances, not truth. It needs to just look & feel good. Authenticity is a threat.
You're better off being a liar and a fake.

21.07.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The vibes are giving: Diplomacy, tact & watch your back.
#midsummer #writers #happymonday #mondayblues

21.07.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Gettin ol’ in da rap game πŸ‘πŸΌ

17.07.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So I'm working on a piece and had writer's block. So i decided to read some of an old journal from 2022. I read for exactly 90s seconds and i am embarrassed, ashamed, amused, and no longer blocked lol
Why am i like this?
one day, ill release these pages
#writersblock #blackwriters

16.07.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to be as delusional and determined as JLo.
That lady made it far.

09.07.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It bothers me that my ChatGPT doesn’t know I’m black. πŸ™„ #ai #chatgpt #blacksky

06.07.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know a try hard when I hear one 😏😏

27.06.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a WHAT !!??? lmboooo🀣

21.04.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing? Viral posts and clips on social media suggest the em dash is the product of AI chatbots, with some calling the punctuation mark a 'ChatGPT hyphen.'

Well, this is frustrating. As someone who has engaged with writing composition beyond the 5th grade, I'm annoyed. How do I ensure my writing isn't misidentified as AI by a society with such poor literacy skills?
#chatgpt #emdash #writers #booktok

21.04.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance I hope you danceeee

18.04.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine You’re at a dinner party. You already feel out of place, but you're doing your best, pretentious, elitist small talk You check out for just a moment, a mental health break if you will. & someone casually asks: β€œOh, have you been?β€β€œWhere?” They smile.β€œTo space.” DUH lol #blueorigin

16.04.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No Gayle...we haven't been to space. I

16.04.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Workplace reminds you mental health comes first unless it impedes productivity MONTREAL - Earlier this week tech start-up Fraggle sent a company-wide email reminding employees that mental health always comes first unless it impedes their productivity or makes their co-workers fe...

β€œWe’re like a family,” added Head of People Katherine Keen. β€œA Catholic family where everyone is expected to bottle up their emotions until one day at the age of 44 the dad drives himself to the hospital short of breath and clutching a shoulder”

16.04.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Hormone friendly lunch πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

09.04.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0