Category: Lifestyle
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Dear Black Men
Viewer Discretion is Advised. Dear BLACK MEN: Your kinks, coils and strength amuse me and I am proud to be your woman. I admire your perseverance even during adversity and your willingness to go against the stereotypical grain fed by society saying who YOU are. You are so powerful and the world is scared that…
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I guess I’m not REAL Enough
Society preaches that we should do what makes us happy, do what makes us feel truly “ourselves” and in tune with who we are or want to potentially be. My entire life I found myself being judgmental and narrow minded when it came to anything that was body image, enhancement or aesthetics related. I guess…
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Incomplete Thought: Could You Love Me Naked?
Vulnerability: “The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.” Ive always struggled with being vulnerable. I lied. I haven’t always struggled. To be honest it was not an emotion I felt until probably the last 4 years. Before the pain, and the heartache and…
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I don’t want to fall in love !
Love. According to Webster dictionary, Love is : a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers, affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests. Hollywood paints love to be this warming feeling, this fairytale or mythical feeling that comes when…
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Is She Better Than Me ?
I have been speaking with a-lot of females of lately and there seems to be a very common feeling amongst us. Inadequacy. Inadequacy: a lack of competence, unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate. Almost as if there is a cloud of doubt hovering over, fuelled by social media, magazines and Linkedin. We may feel like…
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What is Your Love Language?
Some days I hate when I have too much time on my hands to think. I consider myself to be very over analytical and It Is to me a blessing but also a curse. I realized that It has been a hot minute since I posted so I decided to get out of my head…
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No “FILTER”- Bawdy.
I grew up with the misconception that beauty is skin deep. Yes I said it right Misconception. I grew up thinking that certain “add-ons” were not necessary and that adding enhancements such as makeup and weave were just that.. enhancements. Enhancement: to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: Though my mother wore makeup it was…
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Mini Thoughts-What That Mouf Do? : The Power of the Tongue
By initially reading my blog title, I know a few little nasties are giving side eyes, smirks and saying the expected Toronto slang “YA EH ” based solely on the double meaning behind my chosen topic. Get your minds out the gutter. All jokes aside. We are more powerful than we believe. The bible says…
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University RUINED MY LIFE
Yes. I will be the first to admit it. Post-Secondary RUINED my life. I remember grade 11, university application seminars, College Fairs and student teacher conferences concerning post-secondary. I remember the bittersweet feeling that came from knowing that I was FINALLY leaving the hell that was high-school. Don’t get me wrong High-School wasn’t a bad…
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Teaser- The Friend Zone : Does it Exist?
At least once in a lifetime we fall victim to the “friendzone”. According to Urban Dictionary, the “Friend Zone ” is: “A particularly aggravating metaphorical place, that people end up in when someone they are interested in only wants to be friends. It is impossible to get over someone while in the friendzone, because, as friends, you still see them…
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