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• No Bystanders

  Spent ten hours on this flight, man- Juice WRLD Spent 30 minutes on the type man- Kalen Russell finishing this piece Kalen Russell is one of the world’s millions of people trying to navigate a disconcerting reality, a tumultuous and draining news cycle, social distancing, a remains to be seen economic whiplash and the final…

  Kalen Nicole

  April 3, 2020

  Growing Up, Young Adult

  Astroworld, communication, Community, culture, Friends, Home, Life, Love, Lyrics, music, Others, Purpose, Quarantine, relationships, Social Distancing, technology, Travis Scott, Understanding

• 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…

  Kalen Nicole

  September 10, 2018

  Assimilation, Growing Up, Young Adult

  Angst, communication, Community, conversation, culture, Experience, Family, Friends, Friendship, group chat, Home, Learning, lol, looking glass self, Love, metacognition, Others, Philosophy, Purpose, relationships, Self, Self-Expression, Self-Reflection, socia media, Spirituality, technology, twitter, Understanding, United States, What I Learn While I’m Learning

• 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,…

  Kalen Nicole

  August 25, 2018

  Growing Up, Young Adult

  Christianity, Community, conversation, Experience, Faith, Family, Home, Learning, Life, Others, Purpose, relationships, Self, Spirituality, travel

• Phenomenal Women

  Black womanhood is multifaceted, resilient and inspiring. I am a Black woman and I love who I am. I love the Black women who raised me: my mom, my aunt, my grandmothers, older cousins, family friends, church elders, anyone who has resembled me and lit a fire within my core to press on. Phenomenal Woman…

  Kalen Nicole

  September 3, 2017

  Assimilation, Growing Up, Young Adult

  Acceptance, African American, Black, black women, Community, culture, Discrimination, Experience, Feminism, growth, Home, Love, Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman, Pride, Self-Love, Self-Reflection, Spirituality, Womanhood, Womanism

• A house is not a home

    In 1964, R & B sensation Luther Vandross recorded A House Is Not a Home. In this timeless ballad, Vandross mourns the loss of the lady in his life. He compares the void in his life to the void a vacated house. A chair is still a chair Even when there’s no one sittin’…

  Kalen Nicole

  July 28, 2017

  Assimilation, Young Adult

  Acceptance, Community, culture, Home, Immigration, Luther Vandross, Others, politics, United States