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Opinion

Five Tips To Remember When Entering A New Relationship After Being In A Toxic One

At the end of the day, everyone wants to be happy and in love one day. And to get there it takes time, patience and most importantly the right person. When you’ve been in more than one relationship throughout the course of your life, you learn what you will and will not accept, which makes it a lot easier to maneuver in this new-age of … Continue reading Five Tips To Remember When Entering A New Relationship After Being In A Toxic One

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Pretty Girls have issues too…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And although today is May 31, I specifically wanted to use the very last day to open up and talk about my own personal about with mental health, more specifically anxiety and depression. I was diagnosed with PTSD and severe anxiety last November. And as many people would guess it was partially military related. Yes, for those that don’t … Continue reading Pretty Girls have issues too…

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Culture Vultures 🦅

What classifies someone as a “culture vulture”? 🤔 Instantly, I think of people like Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Kylie Jenner and Iggy can get put on the list too. Over the years, I’ve had this discussion quite a few times and the responses have been pretty standard across the board, “A culture vulture is any white person who does “black” things”. NOT TRUE. Tiger Woods … Continue reading Culture Vultures 🦅

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XXXTentacion: “Look At Me!” New Music Video

So I watched this video from XXXTentacion for his single “Look At Me!” this morning. Prior to watching the video, my immediate thoughts were based off the opinions of others so instead of following suite ignorantly, I searched the video myself, watched it, and realized that there was an actual message to this piece of work. Now if you havent seen the video or couldnt … Continue reading XXXTentacion: “Look At Me!” New Music Video

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Serving in the military while BLACK

Anyone who knows even the slightest about me knows that I am a HUGE advocate for service members, as I am an Air Force veteran myself having served 8 years. It isn’t the “fighting for our country” part that I am sensitive to because let’s be honest guys, this country is fighting AGAINST us. It is the fact that these people are always going to be … Continue reading Serving in the military while BLACK

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The Emasculation of Hip Hop Fashion

Under no 🙅🏾 circumstances should a grown man wear women’s attire. Leggings, skirts, blouses, dresses, none of the above 🚫. That applies to the norm and the famous. But as we all know, the famous influences a great portion of hip hop culture. Fashion trends among rappers stayed pretty consistent through the 90’s and 00’s but dammit man have these n*ggas taken “originality” too damn … Continue reading The Emasculation of Hip Hop Fashion

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