If you search “Millennial Girl Twitter” you’ll find tweets on the challenges of making friends as an adult. Add in a global pandemic and you’ve got a recipe for months of loneliness. So, when our “PoST c0vID w0Rld ” slowly opened back up, I became resolute that I would make friends. Of course, I did […]
Adulting
The Ministry of Insecure
How can a show about nothing, serve as a weekly sermon for us all? Reflecting on five seasons of a show that has and will continue to be part of the Black cultural zeitgeist is not an easy feat. I alone can think of at least a dozen think pieces I could write on such […]
Other Duties As Assigned: The Invisible Burden of Being Black at Work
In a time in America, I’m dubbing “the awakening”, where non-Black identifying people all over the country are finally listening to the voices of Black Americans, I debated adding my voice to the conversation. Everyone is sharing books, everyone is asking, “What can I do?”, everyone is donating, everyone is sharing news. But when it […]
I Live in New York Now
A quick clarifying statement. I have always lived in New York. I am the product of a Buffalo born father and Brooklyn bred mother. I was raised in Rochester, excuse me, “Raaaah-chester“, moved to the Southern Tier during my college years, and began my adulting phase in Central New York. I’ve spent extended periods of […]
Girl…You Did That!
Three years ago I stepped onto the campus of an Ivy League institution I knew I had no business being at. I was interviewing for a job I knew I was not going to get. I thought, surely they’ll realize there are more qualified candidates…I’m 23, this place does not hire young people, especially young […]
One Year Blogiversary + One Epic Giveaway
It’s my one-year Blogiversary! There is so much ruminating through my head as I write this post. Reflecting on a years’ worth of accomplishments is both frightening and exhilarating. Read on to hear how my year went, learn how to start your own blog and enter a giveaway too! In just one year this blog […]
