Real talk. Real life. No apologies.
I’m Shirl — writer, strategist, and a Black woman who says what she means.
I'm Shirl.
I’ve spent 30 years in boardrooms and community spaces watching people dance around the truth. Say It Lady is what happens when I stop doing that.
New here? Start with these three.
Three essays that tell you exactly what this place is.
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Pass the Poppycock. This Political Theatre Deserves Better Snacks.
The lead actor has forgotten his lines. The stagehands are stealing the furniture. And the American public is eating plain popcorn while all of it happens. I require better snacks and better information.
The Wood Is in My Garage. Has Been for a Month.
I build furniture. Not as a job. Not as a side hustle. As a thing I do because I love it – the measuring, the
They Know the Crossover. They Don’t Know the Culture
They pumped up when a late eighties Black song came on the work call. Then I quoted Frankie Beverly, the Commodores, and Sade in the team chat for a week. Nobody knew what they were from. The divide is not a crack. It is a canyon.