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‘The Christmas Return’ is the Type of Holiday Romance We All Come Back For

Posted on December 19, 2020
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“When I go to the movies, I go to escape reality… not to be confronted with more of it.” – Frances Scarlett When I relocated to Atlanta in 2000, I was coming into the discovery of my Blackness. And what better place to do so…

Madness

What COVID 19 Taught Me About Consent

Posted on December 8, 2020
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I rolled out of bed just before midday on Saturday, driven to the bathroom by a coughing fit. Saturdays are the only days in the month I permit myself the delight of complete mental barrenness; the days where I ignore emails, watch old episodes of…

Musings

The Utility of Rejection

Posted on December 3, 2020
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Before ‘ally fatigue’ set in, back when brands across the globe believed in earnest that the best way to demonstrate their solidarity with marginalized groups was to post a black square on Instagram, or combat racism by renaming the ‘master bedroom’ the ‘main bedroom’ (not…

Madness

“Di Rice Dun Finish. Dem Say E Go Extinct.” – Inside the Dark Mind of Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on November 22, 2020
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Close your eyes and think about the future a hundred, maybe a thousand years ahead. What’s the worst thing you can imagine? What event would you consider utterly catastrophic? Nnedi Okorafor puts forward an unutterable possibility. This week on my best friend’s podcast, LeVar Burton…

Musings

Cousins: The Culinary Verzuz We All Deserve

Posted on October 16, 2020
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Happy World Food Day! I love food. I love the taste of it; the sight of it; the preparation of it, and (when I could) the smell of it. I love how thousands of years of human history - wars, migration, accidental discoveries and stingily…

Musings

You’ll Go Further If You Approach Life With the Confidence of An Under Qualified White Man

Posted on October 5, 2020
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I know we've talked about this before, but it bears repeating. Here’s some Monday Motivation for you: A friend of mine contacted me over the weekend because she really wanted to apply for a position in a field that she’s been interested in for years.…

Madness

I Faked An Orgasm and Earned the Nickname “Rambo” For My Troubles

Posted on October 1, 2020
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Kwame, if you’re reading, don’t think I forgot! Y’all swear “I never told you” so many things, but over the past 11 years on this blog, you’ve heard about the inner workings of my womb, mammary glands, follicles, nightmares… So what’s a story about the…

Musings

Heritage Month: Celebrating My Grandmothers’ Lives & Legacies Through ‘Emma1925’

Posted on September 26, 2020
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I infrequently get asked why I started making jewelry. No actually cares why I make jewelry, and I understand why. We live in a consumer driven world and the assumption is that I (like many other people who rightfully to do so) am merely tapping…

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The Incredible Privilege of Living in the Time of Chadwick Boseman

Posted on September 3, 2020
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On August 29th was a frigid winter day in my corner of South Africa. The sky was overcast and the electric heater in my bedroom was on full blast. Drizzling rain misted the windowpanes and the hadedas (South Africa’s unofficial bird) had finished their dawn…

Motherhood

Your Creativity Matters: A Parable from the Toy Industry

Posted on August 11, 2020
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In the early days of the Pandemic ™ and the massive loss of income and impact on livelihoods to follow, LLC Twitter dispensed its unique brand of sage advice: Why not just start your own business? This is the perfect time to become your own…

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