I've been saying it for nearly two years: I can't wait to be in my 30s. My twenties have been a rush. They've been exhausting. I've done so much. I finished college, started my first career, bought my first car, ran a marathon, flew to Ireland by myself just because, got kicked out of the …
Children of Single Moms
Has anyone ever thought about what it's like to be the child of a single mom? Anyone besides me, the child of a single mom? There's a lot of discourse about what it's like to be a single mom (spoiler: it's hard!), but I realized recently that I, the lifelong child of a single mom, …
It’s Not About Me
I've been hesitant to write anything on this topic because I've felt like it isn't my place. My experience as a mixed race person in America comes nowhere near the Black experience in America, so I felt that it wasn't my time to speak. In other words, I didn't want to make it about me. …
Whatever-You-Want-Passing
If you haven't seen me lately, I'm blonde now. I've gotten a lot of compliments on it, despite it being a home dye job that I did myself. It doesn't look bad, but definitely doesn't look natural considering I still color my eyebrows in dark brown and my roots start peeking through after 2 weeks. …
That Ass Is Not Business Casual
In the summer of 2015 I was 24 years old and had been working for 2 years at the company I started with right out of college. My job was satisfying me in so many ways - I had a salary and a growing 401(k), I was paying off my car and my student loans, …
Nigga, Please
The age old question: Can non-black people say nigga? When I say non-black I mostly mean white and will henceforth use white people here because I don't know any other race that pines for permission to use the word with such fervor. And when I say nigga I mean distinctly the colloquial use of the …
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"What are you?" I don't remember the first time I was asked that and I don't remember what I said, but I know at a certain point I started to understand what was meant by that question. I started to read between the lines. I started to understand that the answer to that question would …
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