5 years ago
On Being Black: A Look at my Afro-Cubanness
Una cubana negra en labana. A Black woman in Cuba.
I was born in Havana on a mildly chilly morning. From what I know, the typical Cuban breeze was mostly idle. My mom was 25 and my father 27 -- young for today's standards. But they were married and I was th...
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{All Around Latin America} La Pachanga Cubana and Salsa Dancing in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
This Cuban life I live is pretty exciting. Enigmatic. Infectious. Though I was raised in DC from the time I was 6, my parents maintained (and still do) a very active and cultural experience in their home. I've been writing here for close to 8 years now, so I'v...
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Chronicles of Unhealthy Hair: A New Do
This is the look of defeat. The look of whatevs and life's a b****. It was 7 am. I was tired. Stressed. On only 2 hours of sleep. And on a plane.I really contemplated not writing this post. The idea of bringing more attention to the issues I've been ha...
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Lupita Nyong’o’: Black Girl in a Blue Dress
I wasn't going to ride the borderline dried out wave of Lupita Nyong'o's splash. She's everywhere. And so is her wardrobe. And her speeches. I've not read anything online but followed the images on nightly news recaps as soon as she won at the Go...
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Going Natural: A Painful Journey with my Hair- Part I
Before the chop, sometime in early June this year. I live through my hair. You can learn a lot about me through my hair. It speaks proverbial volumes about my life and perspective on a lot of things. I didn't realize how much my hair person...
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The Onion Tweet & the Quvenzhane Wallis’ of The World
Twitter has changed the way we think, talk, and engage as a global culture. Sometimes it's great, other times all it does is bring forth the ugly souls and spirits in people; people lacking awareness and not even caring to own a filter piece, saying what the...
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