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do you want it or do you want others to see you have it?
We don’t really understand the difference between needing or wanting something, as well as enjoying the fact that others see what we have.
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do you know who you are?
on finding & being yourself
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he hates you, too (probably).
why do some men (and women) continue to support abusers and not the victims?
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'hygiene olympics’ and its racist roots.
on the (unhealthy) obsession with personal hygiene, its links to colonialism, and how pop culture influences it.
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put the screens down and breathe.
on overstimulation, tech-driven instant gratifcation, and grounding yourself
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AI is destroying our planet and our minds with it.
we can’t escape it anymore.
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men would leave you in the desert with no water.
on decentering men from your lives
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we need more than just pepper spray.
Trigger warning: femicide, death, violence, etc.
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the boy is mine.
stop seeing other women as your competition.
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you are not behind in life
you haven’t even fully lived yet.
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does dating actually suck?
and if it does, who’s at fault?
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you know… black people….
the future of black entertainment and why it’s becoming unbearable.
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