The Question Everyone Asks When You’re Biracial
Every single day of my life, I get asked the same question: what are you? That can encompass a lot of different things, but I always know that people are referring to my ethnic background. It used to...
View Article26.2 Reasons Why You Should Run A Marathon
For anyone that has braved a marathon, I’m sure you relate to the constant battle that is your internal conversation. Sometimes you think you’re going crazy and other times you think you are on top of...
View Article7 Reasons Why I Spent 7 Years In The Worst Relationship Of My Life
1. I worked too damn hard to let it go. What would other people think? This was supposed to be The Guy and I’ll be damned if I look like a fool in front of everyone. In hindsight, this was the worst...
View ArticleHow Not Being Able To Have Kids Of My Own Gave Me A New Outlook On Life
Shutterstock It took me forever to think of the right words to say while writing this. I couldn’t compile the right words for me to understand my own thoughts and actions. I have never had such a hard...
View Article30 Things That Only People Who Live In San Francisco Know
Shutterstock 1. You will step in excrement more times than you can count on both hands and you will keep it moving — but you will always question exactly what kind of animal it belonged to. (You’re not...
View Article11 Quotes From “My Mad Fat Diary” That Really Resonated With Me This Season
My Mad Fat Diary Every once in while, there comes a TV show that can literally change your perspective on the world. My Mad Fat Diary just may be one of those shows. Rae Earl is a broken girl:...
View ArticleWhen The Parent Who Left Contacts You On Facebook
Growing up, I rarely thought about my birth father. I didn’t want to think about someone that didn’t think about me, someone that could leave my mother, brother, and me alone. When I did think about...
View Article15 Ways To Make Working Out Fun (Really!)
1. Walk to work or class and wear a speedometer. You just may find your self going for small walks on your lunch breaks just to beat yesterday’s numbers. Make it fun for yourself, set and surpass your...
View Article10 Ways To Survive Working In Retail Management Without Losing Your Mind
Working in any type of service job can easily be equated to hating your job, but it all doesn’t have to be a horror story. Any job can be rewarding if you really do enjoy it. (If you don’t, I’d say run...
View Article8 Reasons Why Black America Is Obsessed With Scandal (And Why You Should Be,...
I remember binge watching Scandal with a friend and proclaiming that I want to be Olivia Pope when I grow up, his response was, “One day, m’hija.” Why? What is the appeal and why do we idolize this...
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