Tag: United States

• 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…

  Kalen Nicole

  January 31, 2019

  Art, Assimilation, Growing Up, Young Adult

  Angst, communication, Community, conversation, culture, Experience, Family, Feminism, Friends, Friendship, J.Cole, Kendrick, Learning, Life, Lyrics, Meaning, Migos, music, Others, Philosophy, pictures, Psychology, Purpose, Rap, relationships, Self, Trap, Understanding, United States, Writing

• 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

• 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