What a Girl Does Before a Homecoming Dance

Published on Friday, October 30, 2009
Last updated on 01:44PM, Saturday, October 31, 2009

By Nijla Mumin

pick out a dress maybe she likes sparkles purple satin and straps

tease her hair in the bathroom mirror maybe pin it up with clips and glitter gel line her lips with pink gloss maybe the kind that shines under lights never imagine that she might end up naked from the waist down under bleachers that male students might trespass against her for two hours taking turns with her body supplying brandy to erase their faces

 

 

 

*Editor's Note: This work is a piece of creative expression and is not meant to imply guilt by any parties.

About Nijla Mumin
Nijla Baseema Mumin is a writer, filmmaker, and photographer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a BA in Mass Communications. She attended Howard University's MFA Film Program. In 2006, she founded Sweet Potato Pie Productions, which specializes in the creation of narrative films, documentaries, and photography that examine the most intimate details of the human condition. She was the recipient of the 2009 Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Screenplay. She enjoys baking pies and singing. Her website is http://sweetpotatopieproductions.com/