• I have found that relaxing experiences can become traumatic experiences because of my status as a black plus size woman.

    The Problem With Self-Care

    I am a big proponent of self-care. For me,self-care is an affirmation that my needs are valid. However, self-care is now big business in the consumerist culture that as American as apple pie. The big business of self-care is one that I find both intriguing and appalling. The problem with self-care business is that everyone […]

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    July 30, 2018 By ayearofdoing
  • Why I Matter

    I gave up writing. If this makes no sense, then let me explain myself. As a teenager, I wrote a lot. I was into poetry. Then I moved to the US and I started college. My rebellion of choice was to get a BA in Writing. Somewhere between writing the early short draft of an […]

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    July 1, 2018 By ayearofdoing