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Finding Peace: How Black Women are Leaving Corporate Jobs for a Softer Life
In today’s fast-paced and achievement-oriented society, quitting is often seen as a sign of weakness or failure. For Black women in particular, this portrayal encourages and even requires us to persevere, fight until the end, uphold perfection, and become magical. However, over the past few years, Black women have not succumbed to this pressure; instead,…
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Just A Girl From Brooklyn: Where I’m From Poem
I am from a large family with tight-knit values, solid to the core. I am from television, illegal cable, pay-per-view fights, Super Mario, and Nintendo 64. I am from a plastic runner protecting my mother’s precious pink rug- thats actually mauve. I am from the beat of my dad’s drums played daily outside my room;…
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Today is the day my daughter died…
On this day two years ago on January 26, 2021, my daughter, Summer Aaliyah Irene Walker passed away. She was just born five days prior, at only 25 weeks. I was six months pregnant and was diagnosed with a rare form of preeclampsia resulting in an emergency c-section. Sometimes, I have to say it out…
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I love Gemini’s and Gemini szn and here’s 10 reason’s why you do too!
This Gemini season is special because of COVID-19 pandemic and social- distancing. Spending time at home gives me time to reflect and as I sat and watched the clock switch to 12:00 am on 5/21/2020 I felt a surge of good energy and reassurance that no matter the current situation we’re all in this together.…
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A tribute to my 20s
Today is the last day of my 20’s and as I sit with that I just want to reflect: 1) The idea that success, life, and other adulthood goals have to be completed in your 20’s is false. Success doesn’t have an age limit and whatever I wasn’t able to accomplish then, I actually have…
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