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Graduate School: A Year in Review
This one is long. So many people have asked me how I feel about my current experience in grad school. They always find it fascinating or they simply want my advice. As a melodramatic person who tries to intellectualize every thought, the emotions and experiences that I had during this journey can not be summed…
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Lets Discuss: Misogynoir
The hate that Black women face on a global scale is not a new phenomenon. Colonization, chattel slavery in the U.S., and the Eurocentric standard that is upheld within the media, academia, professional world, and etc. have instilled the idea that Black women are less than. Scholar Moya Bailey was the first to coin the…
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What “self-care” means to me
As an undergraduate student who holds many responsibilities, I often lose myself in achieving goals and being hardworking, constantly. I have found that this has negatively impacted my well-being and overall health. Being compassionate about what you want to achieve is encouraged, but when is it ever encouraged to take care of yourself throughout the…