Repost from 2014, almost 10 years later and this is a reminder that still rings true today. Today we live in a technological society where social media is generally ubiquitous and controls a great deal of our beliefs. Not only are we bits and pieces of the people we interact with or the books we…

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My dad just told me about a Yoruba poem called Work is the Antidote of Poverty, that he was forced to memorize while he was in primary school, and being the americanized first generation child that I am I incorporated some of my sociological knowledge into the conversation and said, some people can work all…

Originally posted on Floss and All: Hold fast to dreams. For when dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes birthed these words and today, I will try to unpack them, offering an analysis, if you will. I first heard this poem at the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Meyerhoff…

-Inspired from too many Tumblr posts. Disclaimer: A little on the mushy side but I like to expand my Horizons on what I write about, you never know who’s spirit could be slightly brushed by a few combinations of your 26 letters. I think first and foremost every woman wants to feel appreciated. We want…

-Someone told me this post seemed redundant and common sense and at first I was taken aback, but then I thought, so what? Im not trying to make some amazing new point that no one has ever heard of. I simply want to enlighten and encourage any soul that I can in my way–which is…

“Usually, when we think of power, we think of external power. And we think of powerful people as those who have made it in the world. A powerful woman isn’t necessarily someone who has money, but we think of her as someone with a boldness or a spark that makes her manifest in a dramatic…