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After a long and public legal battle between veteran comedian Mo’Nique and the major streaming platform Netflix, Mo’Nique’s long awaited...

Now more than ever I think it’s safe to say that not everyone is looking forward to going home for the holidays. Some people go solely...

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You all have shown so much love to my impromptu series of sharing the books I’m reading and the reviews I’ve given via IG story. I want...

For the first time in my life, I genuinely don’t know what’s next for me. Over the past year I’ve accomplished a variety of things to be...

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Nella Larsen's novel Passing was recently made into a film by Netlfix and it was everything I never knew I needed. The plot is based...

In the previous post I briefly mentioned being taught a writing exercise. I don't know the official name of it, but I found it to be...

Someone once said, "If you aren't teachable, you cannot evolve". I'm not exactly sure who someone is, but nonetheless I'm grateful to...

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I don't know when my head became so clouded with what everyone else was doing that I lost the ability to hear — me. A voice that I once...

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Today marks exactly four weeks since I graduated from my undergraduate program with a B.A. in English and emphasis in professional...

Growing up I had the luxury of living with my old school grandmother who loved to cook. She cooked most if not all of my meals....