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Book Review & Analysis: Vote Her In (Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President)
I felt challenged to consider my own internalized misogyny and whether I have the same expectations for women politicians that I do men. Sive does not try to shame readers nor imply that by disagreeing…
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How I Moved On With My Life
“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.” ~Tupac Shakur It’s hard to let go of the past, especially when you have anxiety. My anxiety causes…
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Tackle Writer’s Block Head On
Just my luck, I finally got out of my “too much anxiety because it’s school” funk, and now I have writer’s block.
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How to Deal with Haters: Social Media Edition
Being active on social media the past few days has taught me a lot of lessons about people.
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Top 5 Book Recommendations
For my first recommendation post, I wanted to choose that I not only loved from beginning to end, but also own as part of my collection.
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Life is Not a Fairy Tale
I learned during high school that the expectations I had for myself, and for society as a whole, were unrealistic.
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A Post About Zora Neale Hurston
Black and African culture were seen as inferior, but as a Black woman herself she offered a differing perspective.
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“Love, Stargirl”
“Stargirl” (from 2000) was one of my favorite books growing up, but the book I loved even more was “Love, Stargirl”, the sequel.
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Express Gratitude to Three People
This summer, I’ve finally learned to appreciate the present and feel content. I’ve worked so hard and have an amazing life. It’s not perfect, but whose is?
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Letter to My Teenage Self
I wrote this letter to my teenage self, to let her know that it’s okay not to be perfect, and that if she lowers her unreasonably high expectations of herself the world will not end.