You:

• You often feel like you’re at the margins. There just doesn’t seem to be a center for you.

• You’ve been told multiple times you’re not “ENOUGH” of whatever race, ability, class you’re “SUPPOSED” to be.

• You want a place to just be. Whatever. You need to be. Today.

Me:

I am the great, great granddaughter of Simon and Gilly Pipkins.

Granddaughter of Lessie Faye Pipkins.

Daughter of Terri Lynn Pipkins.

A Southern-Texan with roots in the ports of Louisiana.

Black.

Light-skinned.

Cisgendered. Gender-Affirming.

Culturally mixed SES.

Dr. Ly Franshaua Pipkins.

Psychologist.