Personal
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Digital Divide
I never excelled at math. In fact, I distinctly remember getting a 40 on a pre-cal test on my 15th birthday and that was pretty much the worst. I was always good at science though, which kind of didn’t make any sense to me because I’d always equated math and science together, so it was… Read more
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Don’t Sleep on Anger
The first line in Solange’s new song “Mad” – “Yooo-ooooooou got the right to be mad” has been bouncing around in my head for weeks, and is the inspiration for writing this. If you haven’t already listened to A Seat at the Table, I fully recommend you do so, over and over again. This album,… Read more
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Detention
The best podcast that I listen to (read: the only podcast that I listen to) is Another Round by BuzzFeed, hosted by Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu. Regardless of your feelings on BuzzFeed as a company, this podcast is absolutely exquisite. It’s the podcast version of Black Girl Magic. It’s as hilarious as it is… Read more
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Black Friday
I’m not feeling all too well today. I’ve had a stomach ache since last night, which I was pissed about because I knew Luke Cage would be dropping on Netflix right at midnight and I wanted so badly to watch it and live-tweet it because that’s one of my favorite things to do. Instead, I… Read more
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Stratosphere
Flying makes me nervous. Everything about the process is stressful to me. Getting to be airport, waiting in line for security, going through the X-ray machine, being patted down, putting on my shoes fast enough when they’re finished, finding my gate, waiting for my group number, boarding, takeoff, flying, landing. It’s just a nerve wracking… Read more
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Quiet Rage
I’m starting to forget the names-turned-hashtags of Black people who were extrajudicially murdered. I’m forgetting which city they were in and I have trouble keeping straight which name goes with which killing. I forget details, or match them up wrong. It’s getting to be too much. It’s always been too much. Read more
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Student
I’m writing this in the Dr. King library in downtown San Jose. I think it’s a pretty appropriate place to get all of my thoughts out here. This library is both a city library and a college library, sitting on the edge of San Jose State University‘s campus, so there’s a mixture of students and… Read more
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My Humanity and My Phone Case
My phone case broke today. Well, it broke a couple weeks ago actually. It’s just getting to that point where I need a new one. It’s one of those with the hard back and gel-soft sides. These always break for me after a couple months; the soft part starts pulling away from the hard part… Read more
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Writing and Compulsion
I’m trying to write something on here everyday. It’s a lot harder than I thought it’d be and I’m already doing bad at it. But, as of this sentence, I still have an hour and 7 minutes left to write something so here goes. This is gonna be a sort of sad thing, just FYI. Read more
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Dr. King, Raging Grannies, and Finding My Way
“I don’t have the answers. Does Beyonce have the answers?” Definitely not something I thought I’d be hearing today. Read more