rod: in progress

check out my new substack post as part of your slow Sunday reading ☀️ open.substack.com/pub/roderb/p/c…

yall couldn't even handle different skin colours bfr

I’m listening to Raye’s album and yeah. Unfukwittable. Live instruments, opera, R&B, funk, pop, nostalgia, shit I’ve never heard. The way she’s able to fuse so many elements and master them. It’s mind blowing. She deserves all the awards.

RAYE is such a theatre kid.

@dai_after_dai89 Damn

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AFTER THE PAINNNN

no fr I (almost) be ashamed helps me think clearly and stand on business though!

@NoSmall_Talk Exactly

she ate so bad

Support your people!!! An important aspect of community is support. Your people should take an interest in your passions and actively support what you do (without you having to ask). As hard as it is to create + put things out there, your community can be that little bit that can help you keep going when you’re not sure if you can.

sometimes I reflect on my life and wonder… where are the cameras????

@MarchDark37 Absolutely!!!

@r0derb I should too. It's one of those albums that you just know will be ethereal on vinyl

had to get my hands on that vinyl. it’s beautiful

I stare back at little kids …And anybody else that wants to stare too

@duffthebrand yes! the original will always sound incomplete to me now

@r0derb It’s them horns!

Beyoncé’s remix of Everybody Mad made the original a bit boring in my opinion

I love love Winter & Spring

If y’all want some different gay shit to talk about 🙂‍↔️ I interviewed 3 queer, Black therapists about the state of dating and what Black gay men can do to address frustrations and have more fun this summer! “Important Context” podcast everywhere! li.sten.to/importantconte…

"queria ter os poderes da Wanda pra me tornar herói" eu com a primeira pessoa que me estressar:

I can't really explain it.. but this is the strangest yet clearest season of my Life.