This year, I began posting here on my blog with random topics that made me feel strongly enough to write about. I set out to express a different side of myself, and maintain my skills as writer. What I earned is a more intellectual, formal and intentional form of communication. I am happy to have created a strong foundation on this platform, and connect with my audience in a deeper way. I love blogging and I am so happy you are here. For the upcoming year, I am specifying and

A snapshot from the popular 1970 Television show Soul Train. This show was on of the first broadcasted of it’s kind, airing African Americans across the nation. Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images Recently a friend of mine mentioned how they saw the way Black people currently wear Locs similar to the way Black people wore Afros in the 70s. That statement truly shook me to my core at it's accuracy. Locs are everywhere now. From magazines to protests, from classrooms to mus

Last week, Chanté Joseph published her opinion piece “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” in Vogue. She wrote about how partnership with woman no longer inherently increase social status as it did with previous generations. Additionally, she mentions the anonymity that woman prefer to maintain when publicizing their relationships with men on social media. Pumpkin head portrait from social media influencers drea_d.r.e.a and chosen_1ds All last week my social media feeds

Currently I am working as a substitute teacher in the Philadelphia school district. That means I spend 8 hours daily with classrooms of Philadelphia elementary students. If you were wondering, my professional life feels nothing like an episode of the popularized TV show, Abott Elementary. Image from Abott Elementary, a sitcom following the life of educators at an elementary school in Philadelphia. Image from Gilles Mingasson/ ABC.  Daily, I witness children that have severe a

On Wednesday, September 17, 2025 The Jimmy Kimmel Show was "indefinitely stopped" from being aired . Two days prior, show host Jimmy...

Has your block list grown this week? I myself hit the unfollow button a few times. I do not feel good or relieved from doing so. In fact...

My heart breaks at the news of death among two students in Minneapolis due to unchecked gun legislation. Law enforcement officers outside...

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It is about two in the morning, somewhere right off of Almeda Road. I am in a group of four Black women and men. As the events and bars...

This year, I had the privilege and honor of working at Essence Festival, in New Orleans, Louisiana. I had a wonderful experience, being...

Maybe, just maybe, it is okay to not be this or that. From day one, I was the girl who had a lot of opinions. Reading to learn,...

As a young, Black woman who aspires to be mentally stable while existing in a debilitating world (specifically and quite literally a...

The women come dressed to the nines, with their best matching two piece sets, light makeup and flawless silk-pressed hair. The men are...

Writing had always been a fundamental part of my life. Ever since I could write, I have been writing, and writing and writing until my...