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May 30

“psychology today, the misconception of racism, & the kanazawa problem”

here’s my latest psychology today piece:

“psychology today, the misconception of racism, & the kanazawa problem”

it deals with the satoshi kanazawa controversy. since i am a black female and i am also a blogger for psychology today, i wanted to share my two cents on the situation. ( Read more )

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Posted in race, writing psychology today racism

May 29

release secrets, release shame

i’ve been thinking a lot about writing, openness, and other things regarding that. with each piece i write, i try to dig, come from my heart. that said, sometimes i hold back because i’m hesitant with full disclosure. it’s not that i keep secrets from everyone – i open up to someone – different ones – about everything. but putting it out in public is a little different. ( Read more )

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Posted in mental illness, thoughts, writing openness

May 17

writing, writing, writing, writing

for saa-nity.*

i haven’t recently contributed to the blogs i write for, but i’ve still done a lot of writing. most of it has been in this: ( Read more )

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Posted in writing blog journal

Apr 14

what a day!

and i don’t mean that in a good sense.

this has been quite a ~~day~~ ~~week~~ ~~month~~ ~~year~~.

but back to today: ( Read more )

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Posted in augh!, thoughts, writing

Apr 05

more than lindsay

i posted my latest psychology today piece:
lindsay lohan and the necessity of full disclosure

say it with me:

do we really need another lilo piece?

actually, this piece has been a long time coming. ( Read more )

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Posted in addiction, celebrities, crime, eating disorder, writing lindsay lohan rehab shoplifting

Jan 26

crying at a funeral

yesterday, there was a funeral for one of my uncles. i wasn’t looking at everyone, but the only folks i noticed were crying were my aunt (his wife), my cousin (his stepdaughter), and me.

today, i told a friend. “the three people i saw crying were…” when i mentioned me, she said, “of course – you always cry.” it wasn’t cruel by any means – it was just being truthful. i’ve mentioned this to her before ( Read more )

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Posted in family, writing crying

Jan 19

damn those drafts

i just noticed that i’ve published 127 posts on this blog (i’m proud of myself – i usually get bored with a blog by this time!). i also noticed i have 15 drafts. the thing is that the drafts are some of the most interesting pieces. they’re the ones that i’ve either been too, erm, lazy to finish or i’ve wondered if they’re too controversial or i’ve been to, yeah, lazy to write. that, of course, defies the point of this blog, which is to have brief, succinct blog pieces.

oh well. maybe i’ll publish those 15 someday.

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Posted in writing blog blog posts

Nov 26