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Dec
18
hitchens
christopher hitchens died a couple days ago, and it gave me a minute to reflect on the most pressing memory i have about him. ( Read more )
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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:
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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
06
mother daughter sanity, pt. 2
so, my mom was just taking a bath. she was in the bathroom for more than an hour. at one point, she asked me to come in and hand her the face wash. as i left the bathroom, it hit me: adia, you haven’t spent the last 45 minutes exercising fanatically! it’s little things for most people, but it was huge for me. ( Read more )
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Dec
05
not all black girls know how to eat, pt. 2
okay. the moment i’ve been dreading has arrived. stephanie is going to start talking about her eating disorder. i’m apprehensive and hope she doesn’t go into certain behaviors too much. already, i can feel myself feeling sad for her, for her experience.
okay, time to take the plunge…
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Dec
04
mother daughter sanity
my mom and i are on our 18th(?) yearly mother daughter trip. seriously. we’ve been going since i was in 5th grade. we’ve been several places in the us, from monterey and carmel and pacific grove to boston to atlanta to chicago to maui to tons of other places. and while we went to a variety of places, my mindset was often one thing: ( Read more )
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