by Leesa Renée | Apr 13, 2020 | Ancestry & DNA
No, we are not living in unprecedented times. Unprecedented is defined as “never done or known before.”If we had a better relationship with the past and if we honoured our Inner Historian, we’d know that a global pandemic, like the one we’re...
by Leesa Renée | Apr 8, 2020 | Highly Sensitive People
I feel my agitation rise at yet another notification…It could be a text, a Whatsapp notification, or breaking news from a news outlet.I have no clue. All I know is that the buzzing sound makes my heart beat wildly.I’m not nervous at the ever-changing...
by Leesa Renée | Aug 25, 2019 | Privilege & Power
Do you hold skin colour privilege? Have you been accused of anti-blackness or racism? If you’ve said “Yes!” to both questions, then it’s time to Get Tokénoir! First, What is Tokénoir? Styled after the word misogynoir coined by Moya Bailey,...
by Leesa Renée | Sep 21, 2018 | Ancestry & DNA
If you’re one of the millions of childfree adults, you may believe you have nothing to pass on to future generations. As such, you may see doing the work of unpacking your unconscious biases as a waste of time. While having no biological children of your own may make...
by Leesa Renée | Mar 19, 2018 | Ancestry & DNA
A few weeks ago, I started posting letters on my Facebook profile addressed to those who are the descendants of the colonizers. I’m surprised at how widely the letters have been shared, prompting one of my patrons, Tawnya Brown, to post the following: I write a...
