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My Beef with the Modern Commodification of the Self
Why "getting paid to exist" isn't all it's cut out to be (and other thoughts on the rise of excessively performative content creation)
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field notes: to be creative in treacherous times
“If you've ever wondered what you'd do during slavery, the holocaust, or the Civil Rights movement, you're doing it right now.”
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The Lost Art of the Rabbit Hole
We used to look things up for fun in the pursuit of ourselves
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field notes: the importance of the redemption arc
An ode to no longer allowing experiences to be ruined for me forever, and why you should do the same
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Should We Adapt "White Stories" to Cultivate Black Entertainment?
A wide-angle lens look at The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah Kubi & how diversified adaptations become their own original works of art
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field notes: the truth about growth & change
This is definitely the worst news that I have learned on my growing journey
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Utopia Lies in the Balance
And I fear we will never get there
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field notes: waking with last night's makeup on
An honest chat about the many forms that depression can take on
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Your Small Business Probably Doesn't Need to Exist
Our personal responsibility as small business owners to simply do better in a market dictated by big box, corporate machines
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Messy Dialectic
Messy Dialectic
Sometimes analytical, sometimes philosophical, sometimes personal, sometimes chatty, sometimes thought-provoking. The perfect personal blog for my thoughts and curiosities and for your cozy, engaging, messy reads. Monthly-ish

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