Category: Musings

  • #MeToo: What’s Next?

    #MeToo: What’s Next?

    I haven’t been keeping to my writing schedule lately. I wish I could say with confidence that it was simply because of my seasonal depression and trying to find my groove again. But I know that this isn’t the reason. The past few weeks started out being sprinkled with stories of sexual assault and sexual…

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  • Black and Mentally Ill in the New Age of White Supremacy

    Black and Mentally Ill in the New Age of White Supremacy

    Something we don’t delve into often is how mental health, especially mental illness, intersects with race. I don’t mean the excuses made for violent racists who’s actual or perceived mental state is used as a scapegoat for their affinity for white supremacy. I mean how being a person of color impacts the lives of those…

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  • Not Choosing Motherhood Isn’t As Simple As It Seems

    Not Choosing Motherhood Isn’t As Simple As It Seems

    Times like today I am grateful I opted out of motherhood. I know that the first sentence sounds harsh and people may take it the wrong way. Let me get this disclaimer fully out of the way. In no way is this an attack or “shade” towards mothers. This is also not me pushing a…

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  • Review: Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer

    Review: Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer

    As I stated in my last review post, I am a primer hoarder. So since I’m waiting to lose my summer color, before I bought any of the Fenty Beauty foundation, I still needed to satisfy the makeup hypebeast within me so I bought the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Primer and the lip gloss.  Le sigh. My…

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  • Black Feminists and the “Not All Men” Brigade

    Black Feminists and the “Not All Men” Brigade

    If you spend as much time on social media as I do, especially in Black spaces, you’ve no doubt see the “battle of the sexes” arguments day in and day out. You’ve seen Black women calling out Black men on their trash behavior and Black men blaming women and “feminist” (pluralization purposely missing) for the…

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