By leahvernonDepending on what type of guy my mother was married to dictated how religious she was going to be. Which trickled down to how religious us kids were going to be. Or pretended to be. I can remember a time where Mom was married to this dude that I hadn’t cared for. He just gave…
By leahvernonI just had an epiphany. By just being little, old me, by being a voice, using my voice, not giving two flying fucks about what a hater gotta say, I’m threatening people with my very existence. I’ll repeat that for the ones in the back. The ones that are hard of hearing. By being unapologetically…
By leahvernonI wrote my first story at six-years-old. It was called “King and Queen” and I was excited to send it to the Reading Rainbow Short Story contest. My love of words, stories, stringing sentences together to form legible thoughts to be conveyed to an audience was innate, I believe. Plus, Mom used to pop me…
By leahvernon“Are you even Muslim?” I hate when people ask me that. It pisses me off. They have no idea what it took, what I’ve been through to stand where I’m standing now in my Islam. My spirituality. But, I know exactly why they’re asking. Because a Black face with a traditionally wrapped hijab couldn’t possibly…
By leahvernonThis is the most scared I’ve ever been releasing a project. Ahhh! Like, seriously, y’all. This is the teaser/trailer to a new series of visual art pieces called #BodyProject brought to you by myself and the brilliant team of Reel Clever Films LLC. I used to hide behind ill-fitting clothes. Makeup. A man. My thin…
By leahvernonLet’s talk about social media. Last night, I was in a discussion group of local artists when a researcher asked us tons of stuff about living in Detroit and the “creative” lifestyle. One of the questions that popped up was about millennials, social media and interaction. How does it affect one’s psyche? I thought about how…
By leahvernon“S**T White Girls Say to Muslimahs” I’ve wanted to do this since last year (another vlogger did a version of this video as well) but I never had to guts to actually film it. This is my first time doing something super ridiculous. Unfortunately, a lot of these questions I’ve actually got from individuals in…
By leahvernonRemy Roman (Detroit) I wrote this on May 23 on my Instagram account: “He told me when we decided to get divorced that I couldn’t take care of myself. That I’d see how hard it was without him. At first I thought I could do it by myself. But recently, I’ve started to believe…
By leahvernon10 Questions with Leah V and RV is a good time. We whipped up 10 questions at the kitchen table and dumped them in a bowl. It gets real shady. You don’t want to miss it. Click the video above to watch us talk about all sorts of things, including prison nicknames and embarrasing stories You…
By leahvernonI don’t like to be the bearer of burden. And, I’ll probably receive hella hate for writing this, but I’m about to be a young-looking 30 and as I age, I’m figuring out that I have very little fucks to give. I’m 100 percent sure that this happens in every religion and culture, since the…
By leahvernonLeah V. pulled four of her random friends to have a seat on the orange couch for part 1 of the “How Well Do You Know Your Muslim friend?” segment. Prior to the recording, none of them were told what they were being filmed. Big thanks to Lala Trips, Brian Peck, RV Mendoza, and Remus…
By leahvernonI like to do random shit. If I feel it, I’m most likely gonna say it (or type it). LOL. I had this cool idea to ask some of my followers to give me some questions to answer. Like LIVE, but not really because it’s like weeks later. I was shocked at the high quality…
By leahvernonPhoto: Moon Reflections Photography As a fashion influencer, I get this question all the time. Especially from straight size individuals. Do you wish you weren’t fat? I know that a lot more people want to ask, it’s on the tip of their tongues, but because they don’t want to offend me they just keep it…
By leahvernon“The reason why your aunt can’t get a job is because she’s fat,” Mom said matter-of-factly to my younger sister and I. In my own fat thirteen-year old body I thought, that’s not the reason why. It’s just a bad economy. Although Mom wasn’t as big as my aunt, her weight was up and down….
By leahvernonI’m so excited to be the one to announce Mona Haydar’s new video “Hijabi” to the #MuslimGirlArmy on none other than Muslim Women’s Day! Last month, I got an Instagram message from Tunde Olaniran, a dope singer and performer that I’ve seen do his thang on stage twice before and was blown away. HE WAS TALKING TO…
