Category: Musings

  • Not Choosing Motherhood Isn’t As Simple As It Seems

    Not Choosing Motherhood Isn’t As Simple As It Seems

    Times like today I am grateful I opted out of motherhood. I know that the first sentence sounds harsh and people may take it the wrong way. Let me get this disclaimer fully out of the way. In no way is this an attack or “shade” towards mothers. This is also not me pushing a…

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  • Review: Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer

    Review: Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer

    As I stated in my last review post, I am a primer hoarder. So since I’m waiting to lose my summer color, before I bought any of the Fenty Beauty foundation, I still needed to satisfy the makeup hypebeast within me so I bought the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Primer and the lip gloss.  Le sigh. My…

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  • Black Feminists and the “Not All Men” Brigade

    Black Feminists and the “Not All Men” Brigade

    If you spend as much time on social media as I do, especially in Black spaces, you’ve no doubt see the “battle of the sexes” arguments day in and day out. You’ve seen Black women calling out Black men on their trash behavior and Black men blaming women and “feminist” (pluralization purposely missing) for the…

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  • The Joys of Being A Black Woman *Insert Sarcasm Font*

    The Joys of Being A Black Woman *Insert Sarcasm Font*

    I recently took a bit of a social media hiatus because of an especially trying week on both Twitter and Facebook. With defenders of Bill Maher saying n*gga and Bill Cosby rape apologists, my soul could bear no more and I had to take a step back. I titled this post what I did because…

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  • I’m Not Strong 

    I’m Not Strong 

    I’d like to push back on a compliment I often get. This isn’t a sort of self deprecating type of post, but a post for clarity. Whenever I share my experience living with a mental illness, I’m routinely told that I am strong. I’m absolutely not. I routinely crumble into a self loathing ball of…

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