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I came to the GoT party late. And I have paid dearly for it. First of all, I started watching for a man. I had zero interest in the show but I had more than zero interest in hanging out with said man. And he was watching the GoT season premiere. So I watched the first episode just so I would be able to put names to faces when I....read more
The Real Reason It's Too Late to Start Watching Game Of Thrones
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“My momma said to ask you if she can have some sugar?”
And then I’d stand there with my cup in hand and wait for my auntie Thomasine to tilt her head and gaze at me like I was the reason my momma didn’t have the good sense to plan ahead to have sugar for whatever she needed it for. I’d wait, respectfully of course. And know that no matter how....read more
Cup of Sugar, Cup of Lessons, Cup of Love
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But for the ancestors looking out for me, I’d probably have a few restraining orders filed against me too. All of them would have been filed by the man who beat me for 6 years. There is the time I cut up his clothes. The time I fought a woman he was cheating on me with (he beat me up in response. I was pregnant.) That’s the thing about abuse.....read more
But For the Ancestors, I'd Probably Have a Restraining Order Too
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My cousin won a Grammy y’all. Made history when she became the first solo female rapper to win the Best Rap Album category. So it’s only right that I let y’all in on a few more life lessons we’ve learned the during the rise of Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar
Stay with it. You might toil for years. Put in all the work and it seem like it ain’t paying off and then....read more
Sometimes You Gotta Put Your Man in the Corner, And Other Life Lessons From the Rise of Cardi B
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New Year, New Address
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Black Girl - Black Box
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Story Time: I Had My Second Baby at 17
