i love the color purple. it’s in my top three favorite movies. it’s black history. and that does repeat itself. you can watch it from any character’s angle and learn something new every time. the other night i watched from the perspective of mister. he needed a lot, but what that brotha really needed was…
Month: August 2018
why i want my niece to be a lady vol or miss universe, but mostly herself
ask me who won the women’s basketball championship in 1999 or which country has the most miss universe wins. it was purdue (the first win for a black female head coach) and it’s venezuela with eight (the only country with back to back wins in 08 and 09). popcorn, photography and potatoes are a few…
why what you want matters more
i’ve always known what i’ve wanted. my yes’s mean yes. and the reverse. and if i don’t know, you’ll know. of course i listen to good advice. if i don’t and do otherwise, i own the experience. but there’s much in following your own intuition. when my ex and i broke up, i was crushed….
lauryn hill and unplugging fairy tales
it was summer 2002. i was still slowly adjusting to dc area living – overcoming wanting to move back to north carolina after the 9/11 attacks, aaliyah’s death the year before on my birthday and finally deciding to loc my hair. i joined my cousins and his crew at the smoking grooves tour at the…