Posts tagged black millennials
A MANIFESTO FOR THE PURPOSELY UNSUCCESSFUL

We are taught — by our well-meaning parents, our environment and the media — misguided recipes for success. Worse, we are told those who do not meet the standards are inferior to those who do. We put money, fame and beauty on a pedestal while we tuck integrity, loyalty and honesty in a dusty cupboard. 

Read More
I AM THAT I AM: THE TALE OF THE PHOENIX

Think of the last time you felt like you weren’t enough. Let your mind travel back to the most recent moment in time when you were convinced that you lacked something vital. When you made the realization, how did you feel?

Read More
ARE YOU TRAPPED?

This idea of being trapped has been lingering around me for some time now. I hear it mentioned more than I’d like. Thing is, I don’t feel it. Or at least not in the way it’s intended.

Read More
INDIVIDUALS SPEAK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

Here is an up-to-date chatting with some individuals about their backgrounds and insights on  mental illness in the black community and what they have to tell

Read More
BLACK GIRL MANIC

Having anxiety is having to deal with your friends not understanding your space. It’s
having to fake the mood to make it, it’s to be judged for being over-confident, It's
dealing with Dissociation...

Read More