Book Review: A look through “The Women”
Veterans Day passed a bit ago, and like I do for most holidays, I paid it no mind. Being of my generation, growing hearing about the wars in the Middle East, current genocide in Gaza… I’ve never been pro military. Hearing about the struggles many veterans face, the way governments disregard many of their own,…
Set Boundaries: Why You Shouldn’t Date Broke Men
You know in the movie, when the woman isn’t initially into the guy who is really into her? Then she gives him a chance? Even tho he’s not up to her standards? And then in the end when they are together, he turns out to be the worst? Like it’s actually worse than she would…
Anxious Christian Part Two
I wanted to write this post because I want to reach out to others who are feeling like they are still not overcoming their anxiety. When I first wrote about my struggles with generalized anxiety disorder (almost 3 years ago!) I had the mentality that it was something I could fix, cure, pray away, and…
Investing in Your Looks: Beauty as Currency and Opportunity
Since I was young, the idea of being presentable (physically) has been emphasized to me. Physical appearance dictates first impressions and sometimes even the only impression people get of you. Especially if you are Black, or a minority. Even though my family wasn’t the most always financially stable, that never showed through our looks. That…
Change in Medicine
The post explores the challenges of making systemic changes in medicine, highlighting the shortcomings in execution and the misguided priorities. It questions why efforts to address equity, diversity, and inclusion in medicine are undervalued compared to scientific research, and raises concerns about a bill seeking to ban DEI efforts. The author emphasizes the need for…
Blood Child
An afterword in this book (a collection of short stories and essays by Octavia Butler) stated how the author felt like the most interesting part of her is her fiction. I paused at that because her autobiographical essay (which she states she hated writing) was the part I liked and cherished the most. Her short…
Soul Sisters
For the first time ever, I tried an e-book. I love physical books, the smell, the way the cover gets teared up as I get more invested, and the act of folding pages to bookmark my favorite paragraphs…it seems to me like a fuller experience. However, on a trip to Arizona last month, my flights…
Favorite Looks From Sex and the City
One of the shows I watch yearly includes Sex and the City. During the fall I rewatch Gilmore Girls, in the winter Gossip Girl, I rewatch Friends all year round, and during the spring/summer, I rewatch Sex and the City. With season two of the sequel series “Just Like That” premiering this week, this seemed…
Depression and Anxiety: An unexplainable story
Depression and anxiety are two best friends. You see one, you know the other is right behind. They feel familiar but yet foreign. A part of you that you recognize, part of your normalcy…yet makes you unrecognizable to yourself and others. My opponents in a lifelong battle. A battle I’m not sure I will ever…
Second Puberty
Second puberty or “my grown woman weight” is what I have decided to call this recent weight gain I am experiencing. You know, I thought I had escaped the “Freshmen 15” curse in college just to encounter it in medical school. Might be because of a change in hormones, might be because I am not…
Unlovable?
I recently read “The Vanishing Half”, and there was a line by a white character to the dark-skinned black woman along the lines of how she (the dark-skinned woman) was so lucky to have found her boyfriend because usually, men do not go for women like her. The other day a white classmate in my…
Keeping Up With Anime
I’m a bit (a lot, overwhelmingly much) of a planner and find joy in staying organized, in every aspect of my life. And that extends even to my hobbies. I like to watch anime and I’m the type that watches several different types at the same time. Ya girl gets bored fast and needs to…
Fly Girl, Fast Girl-Sexualization In Media
What is the target demographic for this book? Am I too old to be reading this? Regardless, I’m also uncomfortable with the idea of pre-teen or early teens reading this. Why are these descriptions of teenagers having sex so graphic? Amongst others, these were the main thoughts that went through my head as I read…
Boujee On A Budget- Addressing Consumerism
My relationship with clothes is one of my favorite things I like to nurture. Clothes are a way I care for my body so I take care of what I put on (and in) it. There are many reasons why I like to look put together. Because it comes naturally, I like to look good,…
Anxious Christian? Yep, That’s Me.
My journal entry in May 2020: “These past weeks, especially with significant steps being made for my future, my anxiety has been through the roof. I’m so worried because it’s so crippling, I can’t even concentrate to practice for my exams because instead of paying attention to what I’m reading my mind is going over…
Did I Make Being Single A Personality Trait?
I never felt in a rush to be in relationship. Whenever I asked, I tended to run the other way. Sometimes I think I just enjoy dating, and I’m not in a rush to find the one. Sometimes I think it’s because I just hadn’t found a person who made me excited to be in…
Deserving of Grace
My pastor stated that God is not further away from us. We are not deserving of God or closer to Him based on what we do or what we are able to accomplish. It reminded me of what Kimberly Foster (For Harriet) stated about how in our society we grant grace to the people we…
A Letter to Elena Greco (My Brilliant Friend Series by Elena Ferrante)
I see parts of myself in you and Lila but yet found myself rooting more for Lila. I couldn’t particularly understand why until the third book when I saw you taking more confidence in yourself and I started taking more of your side. I failed to root for you because you weren’t rooting for yourself,…
The Dread After College – VULNERABLE THOUGHTS ON NOVEMBER 20, 2020
We spend a lot of time and money during college to gain a degree but none of those expenditures really go into preparing us for life after that degree. Especially, when it comes to mental health. We don’t discuss what happens if you don’t get a job immediately in your field, we don’t discuss how…
The Art of Language “Nameless Serenade” by Maurizio De Giovanni
Descriptive, wordy. At first it was hard to follow due to things not being explicitly clear but I guess that’s what mysteries do? I haven’t read a mystery novel since I was a kid, and it took some time to get adjusted. Some language used can be quite let’s say culturally unacceptable in our current…
Skincare is Personal
I used to be the type that copied and pasted skincare routines. If something worked for someone, I would just buy the product without doing any sort of research to understand my skin or the product really. It always baffled me because I will literally research into everything I’m into, but not what I put…
Reasons Why I Love Naruto
Naruto’s storyline and growth. Whenever I am going through a hard time in life, I always think about Naruto. He literally overcame so much darkness but did not allow that to affect his kindness or outlook of life. Often things can be so hard, it is easy to be negative and take your frustration and…
Navigating my own anti-Blackness
So I recently read this paper (which I link below) that posed this question: “Do these results indicate that Africans are more integrative into the white dominant culture than African Americans are?” My immediate answer was yes. My experiences and observances so far demonstrated a higher likeness towards Whiteness that begun to significantly change only…
The grass is not always green
Hearing stories of how people overcame a situation I find myself in always helps me reinforce my motivation and faith. However, these stories often come when that happy ending has been achieved, and while there’s comfort in that, it makes it difficult to know what really goes on in those moments when the happy ending…
Ghana Travel Blog: Top Moments of My Trip
*In no specific order, here are my top favorite moments of this incredible trip* Visiting Cape Coast with my cousins and friend Hugging my grandma for the first time in 14 years Visiting East Legon Botanical Garden Christmas night at Kikibees Watching The Princess and Frog with my little cousin and getting to know her …
Ghana Travel Blog: Traveling Tips & Lessons
Today I’ll be sharing some old and new tips and lessons from my stay in Ghana. By all means live the best life that serves you, but I think it would helpful to keep these in mind. Number 1: Get that hair braided. If you like a low maintenance hair routine, or do not want…
Ghana Travel Blog: Shadowing in Science
During my trip I got this wonderful opportunity to visit and shadow some physician-scientists at the University of Ghana and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. I know nerddddd but hey I network wherever I can. Please note that I will refrain from sharing specific details about my shadowing experience. Even if it might not be the…
Ghana Travel Blog: Patriarchy, Who Asked For It?
This post is going to contain a lot of unpopular opinions and it’s not meant to convince or persuade anyone to let go of certain views. This is just me expressing how some aspects within the culture that make me…cringe a little. First, let me say I find it very shocking how many people I…
Ghana Travel Blog: Reading While Traveling
Whenever I travel, I always have multiple books with me to read. It helps pass time at the airport while waiting to board, a great alternative for entertainment in case of a phone dying or a lack of internet connection, or during a long car trip. I mostly like the idea that as my body…
Ghana Travel Blog: Insight To Ghanaian Funerals And Families
It is sad that this trip was brought about by a death in the family. However, Ghanaians have an especially extraordinary way to not only mourn the dead but celebrate their lives. Ghanaian funerals are usually held on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturdays are for viewing of the body and the burial service. Sunday is…
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