Category: Musings
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Why Are You Single? Well, You See, Ummmm
For all my advocating to end the stigma around mental illness, it’s extremely hard to incorporate this stance in my dating life. I’m very open about it when it comes to meeting new acquaintances and talking online. But, I hold back when it comes to vetting a romantic partner. I feel like a hypocrite, but…
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Walking Into the New Year Like….
Yes. I know I’m late, but some things were happening over the holidays such as my depression kicked my butt and then my MacBook’s screen decided it would like to participate in Mercury retrograde. But I’m back! Ready to go. Ready to be a better me and ready to be a better blogger. I know…
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Who Would Have Thought That Travel Is So Divisive?
I’m going to share a post I put on my Facebook page recently after trying to argue with a brick wall, then realizing nobody is paying me to be aggravated, so I stopped. Any who. The argument that “everyone can afford/ is able to travel” has popped up countless times on social media. Always with…
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Social Media As A Coping Mechanism In Times of Tragedy
Social media has steadily become a huge part of our daily lives, for almost all generations of people. Through social media we allow people; friends, family, complete strangers, a look into our worlds and we, in turn, have access to theirs. We come together over our love or disdain of tv shows, movies, pop culture,…
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Please, Please, Please, Stop Beating Our Children
Today social media was ablaze after a Facebook Live video of a mother beating her 16-year-old daughter went viral. Comment sections were flooded with people cosigning the mother’s behavior and advocating for more of today’s youth to get the same treatment. Let me just say this loud and clear, “Stop Abusing Our Kids.” I use the…
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