Relationships

Every now and again I see memes floating around, denoting how no one was with you shooting at the gym

I recently re-read James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. I sat on panel at SXSW with Barry Jenkins, Oscar

ArtParasite posted an article submitted anonymously entitled THE UGLY SIDE OF BEING A SINGLE, ATTRACTIVE AND AVAILABLE HETEROSEXUAL WOMAN, where

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

To say this out loud feels offensive to my Mother’s rule of never putting the family's business “out on front street.”

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,

  My favorite past time on Snapchat + Twitter (sn: @jouelzy) is throwing shade at the Zodiac signs. What fun

Being petty is now a thing of honor. Blame it on the rise of social media, more specifically Twitter where

I don't know that I'll ever understand the desire of people to broadcast their disdain for their fathers on Father's

In the age of "ride or die" and "no new" friends a lot of young women are all effed up

Relationships and my emotional self are part of me that I like to keep private. But I understand that in

Part of being a #SmartBrownGirl is always striving to do better, even in areas that are not easy to confront.