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Yellow “Crush on You” Lil’ Kim: and why her being a “regular” Black girl was and still is enough
She’s bold, and dynamic. Her sexual fluidity encourages me to be unapologetically sexy-no matter how uncomfortable others may seem(or how I perceive them to be.) And not to mention iconic. If the slut walk happened 20 years ago-lil Kim would most likely be the front runner of it! I think all of us had that…
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black, single, and broke, but i still love to travel
Over the past decade, traveling has become the new black. You see much more people catching flights, especially black people. Many are still discouraged from traveling though. I’ve heard everything from: “I don’t have anyone to go with,” “that seem like a place you go with your boo-and I don’t have one” “I don’t have…
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I wear America around my neck but, it’s just a scarf.
Not sure if it’s in my head or not, but, while I ride the subways, or walk into public places, people stare. I don’t know how people make of it, sometimes they look, curious, they even look perplexed. I’m fully aware of the political tension around me; people are not feeling very prideful in America-especially…
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Finally free. Last Perm, I don’t remember, but it’s been a minute
This process of neutralizing my processed hair, made me more self aware, conscious of how I view beauty, and the type of energy I want around me.
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I got 99 problems but my hair ain’t one:the bigger chop
Yesterday I cut off most of my hair, with the remainder of my hair in the center-front of my head. It was a decision I’ve been contemplating for a while, and being frustrated with my hair-again, the best way for me to deal with it has always been to cut it. Most woman who’ve never…
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Sucker fOR Love
It’s that time of year again, and I can’t help but scowl. Valentines Day. Who came up with this day anyway? Valentines day in my economic opinion, is a marketing holiday. Think about it. If you ever worked retail, you know the months of January and February is “return season.” All the horrible gifts of…
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