LaToya Council is an assistant professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Lehigh University. Her research interests are race, gender, and class; work and family; and health and wellness.
In the fall of 2021, I ran into my ex-best friend at Trader Joe’s. I was surprised to see her; I had moved back to Los Angeles and she still lived on the East Coast. We’d met as undergrads at Spelman College and, while I was in graduate school, I’d