Author: SanityThief
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The Blackness Spectrum
Disclaimer: This post is meant to be tongue in cheek, kind of. Over the years I have come to find that Blackness exists on a spectrum. The spectrum ranges from Conscious Black to New Black. Now to explain what exactly these two extremes are. First we have the Conscious Blacks. These individuals can be found…
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When You Can’t Trust Yourself: The Struggle to Know Love
One important fact to know about me is that I have Bipolar Disorder. This diagnosis is debatable depending on which one of the many doctors I’ve seen since I was 12 you may ask, but this is what makes the most sense. This fact about me is important because it shapes how I view my…
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Loving your Blackness: Revolutionary, Life Affirming, and….A Catch 22?
Today I stumbled upon an article in The Guardian it brought to light something that is often overlooked in the discussions on both mental health, racism, misogynoir, and self-love. The article spoke about the devastating mental health effects of being a Black woman in a white supremacist society. Not just how we feel when racism is…
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Hey! Hi! Hello!
Makeup and Mania was created to be a look inside my world. It is a merging of my passions and something of a journal. I decided to not stick to the template of blogging about one topic because I wanted my website to be a reflection of myself. Just like me, my website jumps from…
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