Category: observations
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in the details: burning bridges
Came across this box of matches and thought about it, then I thought about it some more. Who would say something like that and why? I found out it was none other than heartthrob Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) from the original 90210. It makes sense for him to say it, but for those who follow in his…
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in the details: Ferguson
When I first saw this picture I said, “Whoa.” I’ve been watching the media coverage of Mike Brown since the night Brown was killed, but this picture says so much, why…because he’s holding AN OPEN BAG OF CHIPS (Red Hot Riplets–oh, the irony). My neighborhood had the highest crime rate in the New York City and…
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Fix your (type)face…or maybe not.
You have heard it before, it’s not what you say its how you say it, but now its also what FONT you use. In an article published last week by Fast Company, by Eric Jaffe about the emotional responses to fonts, it was shown that typefaces have their own meaning, like the shade of a side eye.…
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Farewell to Hot97’s Angie Martinez, “The Voice of New York”
I never thought that I would be writing this, but here I am. While scrolling through the Gram, I saw DJ Magic’s post saying goodbye to Angie “The Voice Of New York” Martinez. I can’t believe it because in my mind Angie and Funk Master Flex are HOT97. I have been listening to Hot97 since 1995, I don’t…
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RIP Ruby Dee (1922-2014)
“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within: Strength, Courage, Dignity” When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to take my cousins and I on bus rides to Redding, Pennsylvania. On one of these occasions, we rode a bus named “Ruby Dee”. We were standing…
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infographic: What Does Nicki Minaj and King Hatshepsut Have in Common? (the re-up)
Since I’m asked what made me do this, it comes from an old post from an old blog. This time I decided to do a comparative infographic.
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Kimani’s Story
Kimani Gray, 16, was gunned down in East Flatbush last month by plain clothes officers. Another young black male. East Flatbush protested his killing and the strained relationship with the NYPD got thinner. On Facebook, a mother I had gone to high school with questioned why people were protesting the death of a boy with a…
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Lessons Learned: Self-Preservation
Lately, two people very close to me aren’t doing too well and I have been going to hospitals and medical offices at least twice a week. When asked how I am doing, sometimes I mention my personal matters, other times I just say, “I’m fine, thank you and yourself?” I realize that depending on who…
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Lessons Learned: Have a Little Faith
Last week, Murphy’s Law decided to take over. I kept telling myself to keep my cool–it could always be worst. Our current economic crisis has people on the edge. It’s starting to directly and indirectly affect me too. Anyways, I saw a friend that I haven’t seen in a bit, and we hung out with…
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