Category: Gender
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It’s You, Not Them: My ever-distracting thoughts about the single life in a world full of real problems
*sigh* If you’re reading this blog, thank you. I am sitting here writing this piece because I had to face the truth about my writing. I am not sharing my most vulnerable parts of myself, and my subconscious could no longer take it. Refusing to write about the thoughts and topics that consume my life…
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Let’s Take A Look In The Mirror
It is classism at its finest, and we have to stop acting like it’s not happening. If you woke up in a different position or circumstance, you might think differently and wonder why black folks who’ve “made” it, are nowhere to be found. We spend a lot of time trying to convince people, especially white…
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Being a Woman in a Man’s World: My Thoughts on Hillary with a Pinch of Pat Summitt
I must say this article is really less about Hillary, but about my views about how women should go about supporting each other. Let’s try to hold each other to the right standard and support them in the same way we support men. Let’s stop holding ourselves to a higher and more unrealistic standard, and…
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Looking Through Her Lens (My Thoughts on LEMONADE)
…we are human, and no one is perfect. So stop acting like you didn’t see a little of yourself through Beyoncé’s lens….
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Can We Talk about Consent?
I want to write about consent, because there are not enough of us, who have never been sexually assaulted, talking about the issue…
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Oh Me, Oh My: My Journey To Get In Touch With My Inner Girl
I never imagined writing about anything around the subject…
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The Reality of Truth In America: A Story About Donald Trump and N.W.A.
This is about honesty from Trump and N.W.A. juxtaposed to their offensive language regarding women on the backdrop of our freedom of Speech
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How Ignorant is Your Bliss (The Monday Fits)
“I say there is no darkness but ignorance.” William Shakespeare It’s been a while since I’ve been actually upset for a Monday Fit, but I am today and I have been fuming for quite a bit. I posted only a quote from Ms. Virginia Woolf last week, because I hadn’t quite formed my thoughts into…
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls… Well, Maybe Just a Little Bit (The Monday Fits)
What is a waterfall? It is a beautiful flow of water over a cliff, and generally, waterfalls are located in the most beautiful parts of the world. But anyone familiar with popular culture may also think of waterfalls as referred by the 1995 single by the R&B trio, TLC. “Don’t go chasing waterfalls, please stick…
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Sweet Home Alabama: The Litmus Test of America
“If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he’s obligated to do so” – Thomas Jefferson Since the story broke about the same-sex marriage fiasco in Alabama, my mind has been kind of in a frenzy. The story infuriates me on so many levels that I see red. I mean…
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