Scrolling through the most popular images on any “self care” hashtag, I’m bombarded with the same eye-rollingly repetitive imagery including: – Open-ended, fortune cookie-esque inspirational quotes like “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” or “My imperfections make me beautiful.” – Super skinny white girls in front of tropical, beachy, etc. backgrounds looking like they’ve …
Guava Island is a project that’s been lingering in the back of my mind like the lyrics to Cardi B’s verse on the Thotiana remix. I remember peeping this Vulture article back in November and watching that super small, bootleg-ass trailer from someone’s Instagram thinking “What in the world is Gambino cooking up now?” Now, …
Practically two years after the straight slap in the face club banger type smash hit record Back 2 Back, Drake and Meek Mill have finally kissed and made up on Meek Mill’s “let’s pretend we’re the mob” anthem Going Bad. Something about the combination is admittedly electrifying. Maybe it’s the fact that Meek’s last album …
I’ve never wanted to be that wrinkly, bitter ass old lady shaking her fist at the youngins for making too much noise. But, listening to Blueface for the first time made me feel like being that old ass lady is in my near future. It started off with a tweet that I saw on my …
2018 was a year of ups, downs, lefts, rights, and everything in between. I learned a lot about my true essence of self and what I actually want out of life. 2019 will be the year where I reach for the stars and make things happen. I have goals; I have ambitions; I have passion. …
What’s up and what’s poppin’ my beautiful internet homies? October is live and ready around my way, even though we’re still dealing with some crazy 80+ degree weather. I guess I should try and appreciate it as much as I can before the swift pimp slap of cold weather hits me directly on the cheekbone. …
When I heard of Mac Miller’s passing, I definitely didn’t think it was real. It was the first thing I saw when I went to my Instagram app the day of, and it completely shocked me to see this news on The Shade Room. Losing him is kind of like losing someone that you went …
Like every other warm-blooded millennial black woman, I too absolutely love Beyonce. Today wasn’t just a day where millions of kids went back to school, it also is Beyonce’s 36th birthday. She (and a lot of other women) taught me that there’s no one definition of being a woman. Over the years, I’ve had many …
As you might not have known, I recently turned 23 on August 8th. 23 is one of those ages that lingers in the spaces of time. It’s not really a milestone. There’s not any exuberant happiness (or sadness) that comes with that age. It just, kind of, happens. It’s been almost two weeks since my …
Even though I’m new to this brand-new fluorescently colored world of entrepreneurship, I know for a fact how important self-motivation is. It’s weird because ever since I was in diapers I’ve had a boss to deal with whether that’s my weird-ass English teacher from 11th grade with the lisp, my incredible, amazing, and hilarious parents, …