I’ve mentioned on several occasions that I have a full-time job and a part-time job. Working both has been tiring and exhausting and I have been praying on a solution. Well at the end of last month, I got a solution just not maybe the one I was hoping for. I was fired from my… Continue reading Losing Your Job; Finding Yourself
Since I’ve been home practicing social distancing, I have been binge-watching a show on Hulu called Atlantis. It’s about a young man, who goes looking for his father who got lost in a submarine and is sucked into another realm. The realm is the mythical, lost city of Atlantis. It’s a BBC show and while… Continue reading Our Modern Day Pandora’s Box
A couple of weeks ago, the founder of the Wing Audrey Gelman wrote a feature for Fast Company where she addressed some of the issues that her company was having. If you don’t know The Wing is an all-women co-working space that’s experienced tremendous growth in the past few years. There are a few locations… Continue reading Safe Spaces for Women; Just Not Women of Color
Last month, to celebrate Black History Month Target released a short video highlighting the founder behind the brand The Honey pot. The Honey pot sells natural feminine products and the founder; Beatrice Nixon is a black woman. In the video, she noted how partnering with Target has helped her company, the support that they provided,… Continue reading Your Bitterness Won’t Ruin My Honey Pot
Happy Women’s History Month! As we celebrate the accomplishments that women have made and those we have yet to fulfill, I wanted to highlight some news that came out last week. The 54th Super bowl was last month and for the halftime show, Shakira & J.Lo performed; both are artists of Spanish descent. They used their… Continue reading Halftime Show Complaints Highlight Double-Standard for Women of Color
About a month ago, I saw a post on Instagram from @the.holistic.psychologist about digging deeper into the patterns of our intimate partner relationships. I took a screenshot and one day finally sat down to answer the questions. One of the questions asked were you doing the choosing or were you trying to be chosen? And… Continue reading To Choose or Be Chosen
Happy President’s Day!! I hope those of you who are off, you’re enjoying your day and for those of you who have to work (I know that feeling) I hope you’re getting paid extra for the holiday. I wanted to highlight a couple of documentaries that have inspired me that are currently on… Continue reading Add These to Your Netflix List
First of all, I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the families of the tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and 7 other people. The suddenness of his death and the way in which he died has really weighed on me this past couple of weeks. I… Continue reading I Want to Remember Kobe Differently
I've always been a moderate football fan. I used to watch it with my family, but ever since Kap got booted out of the league I have been boycotting in solidarity of his treatment SuperBowl 52: I’m Just Here for the Dip. As the Superbowl is this weekend I wanted to highlight an odd NFL… Continue reading The Rooney Rule: The NFL’s Failed Attempt at Diversity
I wanted to give a quick update to a post that I wrote last year about Florida’s Amendment 4, you can read the post here,Florida’s Amendment 4 and Jim-Crow Tactics. In the 2018 midterm elections, Florida voters, voted overwhelmingly to restore the voting rights of over a million formerly incarcerated felons. Ever since that historic… Continue reading Florida’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Amendment 4
