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Sometimes You Gotta Put Your Man in the Corner, And Other Life Lessons From the Rise of Cardi B

February 11, 2019

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 you get the track that changes everything. You get your Bodak Yellow. We turning corners in 2019. Can’t tell you how many tim[...]

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2019 Black Girl Anthem: On Life Lessons From Cardi B’s Money Video

January 26, 2019

You probably thinking, first of all sis, that video dropped almost 2 weeks ago. You been owed us a post. I needed to sit with it. You can’t rush the process. It ain’t about being the first to talk about something even if everybody already talking about it. Remember what I said, you can do what’s been done. Just do it better. That said, let’s get into this piece. By now it’s no secret that my play cousin is the perpetual wig snatcher. That’s how we roll in my family. Only to be ou[...]

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All I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned From Cardi B: On Life Lessons From Bodak Yellow

July 17, 2017

By now you should know that I love all things Cardi B. Belcalis Almanzar is my play cousin. Last year, I wrote that 2016 was the year of Cardi B but it appears I spoke too soon. To be fair, I did tell y’all that Black girls were coming for 2017 too. Just count on us having the next decade on lock. Or thirty. Matter of fact, #BlackGirlMagic is on some Buzz Lightyear type ish. We taking this to infinity and beyond. And you will deal. So back to my cousin. Cardi been getting it in. And I am he[...]

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We Wear The Masks: On Being Mary Jane and Black Women Code Switching For Sanity and Survival

February 1, 2017

It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you... Look, I been broke lately. Not as in pockets but spirit. But if you need to borrow money, then just pretend I said pockets. This thang (whole damn world) been getting to me for a while. But I put on a good face. A beat face. Shoutout to my Beauty Blender #notsponsored. I digress. If that surprises you, then welcome because you must be new here. So yeah, I've been laying low. Because self-care. But my sisters been holding me down. As always, B[...]

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Loving Like Celie and Living Like Shug- On Black Women, Intimacy and Interdependent Liberation

May 24, 2016

If I mention The Color Purple and you don't know what I'm talking about, I question everything about you. Like your very existence. Alice's Walker's seminal text, The Color Purple is like playing spades and the electric slide— if you show up at the Black family reunion, you better be familiar. I'm talking ability to drop random quotes in conversations familiar. For example: Sister-in-law: Girl, I'm moving to Hawaii  Me: You and me us never part *insert hand motions*[...]

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In my 43rd year, I’m really going to seek and take joy every chance I get knowing that this little girl is really proud of me. ♌️ #LeoSeason #LeoGang #gangbangingforrealthough
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In my 43rd year, I’m really going to seek and take joy every chance I get knowing that this little girl is really proud of me. ♌️ #LeoSeason #LeoGang #gangbangingforrealthough
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We ain’t holding on to nothing but joy in ♌️ season. And it’s always Leo season. 😉
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To be clear, Georgia allowing fetuses to be claimed for tax purposes will absolutely end up disproportionately harming Black and Brown folks. It sounds good to think folks will get extra money but there are so many ways it can come back to harm Black and Brown folks. Like when folks claim a fetus one year and don’t claim a child the next year, they’ll be trying to prosecute folks. Or file for child support for the fetus and then miscarry or travel to another state to have an abortion so now they have proof you were pregnant and they’ll be trying to prosecute folks. Just know that a state that doesn’t allow you full autonomy over your body is not a state that wants to help you. It’s a gaht damn setup.
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To be clear, Georgia allowing fetuses to be claimed for tax purposes will absolutely end up disproportionately harming Black and Brown folks. It sounds good to think folks will get extra money but there are so many ways it can come back to harm Black and Brown folks. Like when folks claim a fetus one year and don’t claim a child the next year, they’ll be trying to prosecute folks. Or file for child support for the fetus and then miscarry or travel to another state to have an abortion so now they have proof you were pregnant and they’ll be trying to prosecute folks. Just know that a state that doesn’t allow you full autonomy over your body is not a state that wants to help you. It’s a gaht damn setup.
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And I left the house with no earrings. I feel so naked 😩
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And I left the house with no earrings. I feel so naked 😩
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Let’s face it. LeBron could have been filmed with 2 kilos in his bag and folks would still be supporting him and demanding his freedom. Brittney Griner is Black, lesbian and woman. All identities that alone will get you dismissed and disregarded in this country and many others. People will use the guilty plea as evidence that she deserves what is happening. Without considering the many innocent people who plead guilty in this very country simply because the criminal legal system will make your life more hell if you don’t. No one should be caged. And for damn sure not for drugs. We know that more people would recognize that if Brittney was white or male or straight. The other layer is the #equalpay issue that had her over there in the first place. #brittneygriner #freebrittneygriner #freebrittney fuckthesystem #fuckthecriminaljusticesystem
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Let’s face it. LeBron could have been filmed with 2 kilos in his bag and folks would still be supporting him and demanding his freedom. Brittney Griner is Black, lesbian and woman. All identities that alone will get you dismissed and disregarded in this country and many others. People will use the guilty plea as evidence that she deserves what is happening. Without considering the many innocent people who plead guilty in this very country simply because the criminal legal system will make your life more hell if you don’t. No one should be caged. And for damn sure not for drugs. We know that more people would recognize that if Brittney was white or male or straight. The other layer is the #equalpay issue that had her over there in the first place. #brittneygriner #freebrittneygriner #freebrittney fuckthesystem #fuckthecriminaljusticesystem
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