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My coworkers had been on me about the series forever. I kept pushing it off, and honestly, I didn't even know there was a book. Then 2025 came, I finally watched the series, and then I had to read the book. Now I'm mad. Like, genuinely annoyed at both the book AND the series for … Continue reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson | I’m Mad and I Loved Every Second
I'm tired, y'all 😫 I have been trying to keep my mouth shut and mind the Black business that pays me, but I'm tired, y'all. Today, a very wise man that I truly respect posted his outrage at what he sees as the attempt to erase the Tuskeegee Airmen from history. Here I go, readin … Continue reading The Dream Has Not Been Realized
Right now I am numb and have no words. Masks have been pulled off of so many people over the past 10 years and while it pains me to a certain degree, it also validates my rage. Tonight, some very real truths have changed how I view everyone and everything. They have also changed the … Continue reading Never Forget
"Certainly, there are very real differences between us of race, age, and sex. But it is not those differences between us that are separating us. It is rather our refusal to recognize those differences, and to examine the distortions which result from our misnaming them and their effects upon human behavior and expectation."— Audre Lorde, … Continue reading Defining DEI
Hey y'all hey 👋🏾 I know it's been a minute, and while I love blogging and writing and should be doing both consistently... ain't! So, I been on the Twitter (I will never call it anything else), and ever since the DNC (oooh chile, did y'all see it?!), actually since the announcement, uneducated and ill-informed … Continue reading Informed citizens guide our democracy but too many of y’all struggle with civics 101😫
No seriously. Ok so as women, we're legit supposed to root for one another and lift each other up. Now, I don't mean when you out here thinkin you Olivia Pope and messin w/that lady husband or nothin like that but I digress. When you see somethin that's gon make our lives easier chile say … Continue reading Can we talk about how y’all gatekeep EVERYTHING?
But can we talk about how deep and ugly misogynoir and colorism are in our society? I mean, truly ingrained in the fabric of everything but I'm on Beyonce so we gon' be on Beyonce.
In a previous post, I talked about how much I loved my eyebrows when Kizzy tinted them so I dove deeper into my microblading research. I had already started following several local spas/companies that offered the services but baby the cost 😩. About a week before Christmas, a friend made a Facebook post seeking recommendations … Continue reading Micro what?
In honor of @J16 I decided to go back and reflect on my first year as a Zeta. When I tell y'all it was NOT what I thought it would be 😒 I truly expected to sit back and learn. I crossed on February 7, 2021 during the pandemic into a small chapter and it … Continue reading Finer Womanhood
Dear Black Grl 