Tag: Family
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Starb-ed from the bottom now we’re here
Location: Starbucks on Charlotte Mood: Vibes From about 5th grade until 10th grade, my dad would take me and my cousins, Molly and Terrell, to Starbucks sometime during Winter Break. The purpose of these trips was to reflect, celebrate and encourage; to acknowledge that we had made it through school another semester and that we…
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Please don’t kill my vibe
*Cues Bryson Tiller, “Aye, I’m back and I’m better,” Ok, don’t. Recap: Last post, existential crisis, meets irrational violence, meets internalized misogyny, meets mumble rap, meets my ears and I’m wondering why I like trap music so much. So I reflected, I asked my friends and family to weigh-in and I’m ready to share! “So can…
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If a millennial “lols” and no one is around to hear it, was there really laughter?
I’ve been spending more time reflecting, learning, observing and questions all I’ve grown accustomed to regarding society, interpersonal relationships and capitalism/ our socialized duty to ensure all our behaviors work to maintain our consumerist society… Meanwhile, I’ve also noticed my aptitude to “lol” after opening a DM on Twitter with some pic, story or comment…
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Move Fear! Get Out the Way!
A Ludacris account of how I moved to Nashville last week. I’ve recently learned that there are no big decisions or actions. There are just small choices which amass to undeniable results, sometimes for the good and other times for the not so good. As Aristotle said, “”We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then,…
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Do it for the culture
Culture: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time (popular culture, southern culture -merriam-webster.com In appreciation for the Migos’ album Culture, my obsession with analysis, summer and instrospection, I present…
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Comparison, Competition and Categorization
I’m an only child. I don’t have siblings to be compared against- therefore, I am simultaneously the best and worst at all I do. My accomplishments and failures are often augmented/ blown out of proportion, but never used to determine my value or as a tool to compare me to others. I became independent at…
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