Aminatou Sow

1 week ago | aminatou.substack.com | Aminatou Sow

I hope this is not too much. I had a binge drinking problem about 5-6 years ago that culminated in a trip to the hospital for alcohol poisoning and losing the trust of my best friends and family. Anywho, I've worked hard over the years to control my drinking and have regained the trust of those people. But, I feel myself slipping. I don't drink at home, apart from an occasional beer during a movie, and can go out to dinner or a happy hour and have one or two drinks and go home.

2 weeks ago | aminatou.substack.com | Aminatou Sow

I turned 40 years old yesterday. It’s kind of exciting. Very exciting actually because I didn’t ever imagine myself at this age. I really wanted to write about that experience but instead I spent my whole weekend and the last couple of days figuring out how to submit a Freedom of Information Act request for my Department of Homeland Security records. I’ve filed other FOIAs before before every agency is different.

3 weeks ago | aminatou.substack.com | Aminatou Sow

Ok so wtf do I do in this political moment? I already loudly support Not the Bad Guys in elections. What else is there to do? I can’t convince my problematic relatives to not be problematic (I tried) and am disenchanted with non profitsLOL I am not laughing at you. I am just laughing with all the Black people who understand exactly how a question like this makes me feel. I get it, we had a 920+page heads about this situation but you are not happy with the politics of the moment. Get in line, sister.

3 weeks ago | aminatou.substack.com | Aminatou Sow

Ramadan is now in its last nights and every year, it ends exactly like it starts with 2 billion Muslims waiting on the word of trained moon spotters somewhere in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This will never not be funny to me. The pagan implications and all. With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon in the coming hours, we will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holiest month in our calendar. It’s 1446 in our calendar by the way. On Eid, we wake up early and eat.

4 weeks ago | aminatou.substack.com | Aminatou Sow

My sister married a multibillionaire last year. Wedding was amazing, her husband and his family are all wonderful people. I’m so happy for her. My sister and I have always been close but in recent years it’s been tough to keep up with her, her travel schedule and glamorous lifestyle. I also had a baby who’s now a thriving and busy toddler, so our lives are very different.