you write a first draft of a piece, think it’s 93% crap, edit it a couple times and think it’s now 82% crap, get ready to start edit three and realize:
holy crap, this is worse than crap. this won’t cut it – at all. and all of a sudden you’re completely re-writing the piece?
*holding up my hand*
Category: writing
Jan
16
you know when…
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Dec
14
“skipping the gym? take this!”
or at least that’s what my mind said this morning. ( Read more )
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Dec
09
COLORed folks — share your shame, fight the stigma
here’s my latest huffington post piece:
COLORed folks — share your shame, fight the stigma ( Read more )
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Dec
08
the writing itch
this is (currently) my latest tweet:
Sometimes #writing is like an itch. I HAVE to do it or else I’ll be obsessed w/ it until I do.
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Dec
04
quashing the shame
i’ve never known a black female who’s had an eating disorder who hasn’t felt ashamed because of it.
- not uncomfortable.
- not embarrassed.
- not guilty.
ashamed. ( Read more )
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Nov
22
“real housewives of beverly hills: stunted growth”
here’s my latest huffington post piece: “real housewives of beverly hills: stunted growth.”
as many of you know, i’m a (fairly) unabashed real housewives watcher. okay, i like rhobh, enjoy rhonj, had to watch rhodc because – hello – i went to college in dc, you know the drill… ( Read more )
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Nov
21
what a day! (pt. 2)
and i do mean that in a good sense.
last time i wrote a piece like this, it was a cloudy day. today has been wonderful! ( Read more )
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Nov
12
journals
after years of having journals, I did what I should have done more than a decade ago:
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Oct
30
regarding my posts
initially (which you can read in my info section), I planned on primarily writing short pieces. I clearly didn’t stick with that. I’ll try to do that more often in the future.
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May
30
no, it’s not sad!
there have been a few times where friends have read my pieces and they’ve said, “adia, this is so sad.” it’s always surprised me because i don’t see these things as sad. ( Read more )
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