Every now and again I see memes floating around, denoting how no one was with you shooting at the gym or how your friends will invest in all the name brands but not buy your products and I have had people explicitly ask me to the address thinking I would be on the side of friends needing to support their friends businesses. Sis, I am so very sorry but I am not with this rhetoric. Within the bounds of a healthy relationship, friends and family support in various other ways that a customer can never provide. Many of us coming
emotional maturity
I recently re-read James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. I sat on panel at SXSW with Barry Jenkins, Oscar
I hate when people waste my time in ways that could have been prevented. I especially hate when those people
Why do we believe that cutting ourselves off from the people who care about us, calling it something like “I’m
ArtParasite posted an article submitted anonymously entitled THE UGLY SIDE OF BEING A SINGLE, ATTRACTIVE AND AVAILABLE HETEROSEXUAL WOMAN, where
Solange’s new album is a wonderful tableaux of the simplicity, complexities, vulnerabilities and the intersections of Black women. An art piece, that sits not only in the hallway of good music but as we or they say is “sonically pleasing.” It enwraps you in an experience. A Seat At The Table is a story, were words, melodies, and layers construct a narrative that is genuine to Solange’s evolving identity, but also feels like she made the mundaneness of our everyday existence something delightfully beautiful and deep. Solange has evolved through a barrage of criticisms that often seek to constrain her
Emotional maturity. I’ve spoken about this before on how emotional maturity will help you avoid fuckboys. Packaging advice through discussions
We so often overlook our emotional self, because it is so easy to get caught up in the visual. Not
This is a PSA, a friendly reminder, a save your soul and yourself message for my sisters. Men are not
Whether it's Tinder, Soul Swipe, or the centers of your waste my time shenanigans like BlackPeopleMeet and Plenty of Fish, here's some advice to keep the ain't shittedness from entering into your personal space. Be smart and stay safe sis! 1. Black men all take the same 6 types of pics. Seated on the end of the bed In the bathroom. In the gym In the car. At a wedding or dressed up occasion. At the gym *Bonus if they have a cropped out picture of them at a club/bar. 2. If he can’t find his edges he can’t find
The fear of success is a peculiar feeling to try and articulate, though it is something that many of us
Being petty is now a thing of honor. Blame it on the rise of social media, more specifically Twitter where
Relationships and my emotional self are part of me that I like to keep private. But I understand that in
*Image from Escume Last month I had an opportunity to attend Oprah’s Life You Want Weekend Tour in Houston, Texas.
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