I spent most of the day, today running. Not physically, no. Mentally. I spent all day trying to keep my mind off of the lynching of black bodies in America. I jumped from movie to movie, to ridiculous episodes of Empire. Binge-watching “For Life” with so much angst, but joy because I know that eventually, …
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I finally understand why white women in Horror films are important. This quarantine has forced me to dig a little deeper into my movie searches and I found myself watching a film on the SyFy channel entitled, “The Boy”. Why hadn’t anyone told me about this film before? Now, I love a good Thriller/Horror film. …
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Not even a full week out of Black History Month and the BS from the racists has started up already. This time, they’ve set their ire on Honey Pot Co. founder, Bea Dixon. In a Target ad about her feminine product’s brand, Dixon speaks about how her company inspires little black girls. Yep, that was …
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My best friend and I have always been told that we do the “MOST”, meaning we are extra and dramatic. It’s a personality trait of many extroverts. But it’s not the only way to be “extra”. I like to think of us as people who always live in our truth, boldly and unapologetically. Anything that …
In this week’s episode of The Dope Black Chick Podcast, I tried the argument for the Existence of Love. I was approached by a man that was basically ready to give up on love. He’d had many failed relationships due in part to multiple interpretations of “love” and the coinciding chaos that comes with that. …
I love my black men. This world treats them volatile, unfairly due in part by a fear of their greatness.
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