Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
What are you passionate about? Is it what you are currently pursuing or something else? Being passionate about something is not always the path one goes down career wise but there is opportunity for one to still work on it. It is now the fall season, and more time will be spent…
When I was in college, I was involved in my school’s Women’s Center and during this time we had a contract with a local Domestic and Sexual Violence organization. From this collaboration, I learned so much about this ongoing issue and its prevalence amongst young people even on college campuses. For the years I…
I remember when I was younger, I couldn’t wait until it was Friday, not because it was the end of the school week as I loved school, but because sometimes my mother bought takeout food home for dinner. I would ask for my favorites like Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, or a family sized box…
It is Healthy Aging Awareness Month. As I reflect on human life in the last few years, from my personal point of view, I feel like many middle age and younger people are dealing with more health issues or succumbing to these medical conditions as compared to the older generations. The older generation were…
It was the year 2016, I had just come back from vacation and the movie “Suicide Squad” was about to leave theatres. I was still off from work, so I decided to catch the matinee showing by myself. My initial feelings were ones of fear, so I sat closer to the top, in an…
It was over one year ago that I read the book, “The Other Black Girl,” by Zakiya Dalila Harris and was so blown away by its creativity that I made it the first book of the month recommendation for this blog. Now to see it become a series, so quick from its release in…
When you are a child starting school, you begin to meet other kids, making friends. During this time everyone is your friend, and the little fights are usually related to toys. As you continue to grow older in grade, middle, and high school, you meet friends but then there comes a point of teasing and…
What comes to mind when you hear the word sisterhood? In Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary it is defined as “a state of being a sister; a community or society of sisters; or the solidarity of women based on shared conditions, experiences, and concerns.” If you look at the last definition of shared conditions and experiences, then you…
Today marks 22 years since the 9/11 tragedy here in the US and not a day goes by that we don’t forget all the lives lost. Those of us who were around can remember where we were when this all happened. I myself was in school in NYC and I saw the Twin Towers on…
I love watching movies and television shows of all genres, but comedies are my favorite. I love comedies about coming of age, romance, action, dark/suspense, and any other type there may be. Some of the comedic shows I enjoyed watching recently were Average Joe (BET+), The Horror of Dolores Roach (Amazon Prime), The Upshaws…