It’s hard to be black everywhere. Every time you walk out of the house, go to the store, drive somewhere, travel outside of the United States, stay in the house, etc. It’s challenging to speak up when others stereotype you in a category. If you’re colored, you have to look…

I remember the night Adele’s new song was released. I watched the music video with my mom. We both adored Adele so much and talked about how good she looked, her vocals, and every scene from the video. After the video, my mom went downstairs to take a cigarette break…

I reflected on my past relationships and realized the coronavirus pandemic fractured, broke, and fizzled them. The world is becoming smaller, and we’re all confined to our homes. This happened unexpectedly for many of us. We all went through a period of self-isolating with our immediate families (for those who…

I remember my first anxiety attack happened when I was in college. I was part of a friend group where we were all trying to get into this prestigious program. Some were doing whatever it takes to be in it, like trying to destroy one’s reputation to their friend group…

We need to create a new masculinity revolution. Writing new rules, forgetting everyone’s terms, and challenging the expectations and politics of masculinity. Make people question the status quo. Be the frontiers to explore and conquer things to make people uncomfortable. Tap into different parts of happiness and experimentation. We are…

It’s a lot of pressure when you’re the one who’s graduating from college. On the day of graduation, you’re proud of the person you’ve become. You’ve passed all of your classes and requirements. You’ve done the internships of your dreams. You’ve survived getting black out drunk at all the fraternity…

On social media, we create fractions of ourselves by manifesting accounts filled with snippets of our lives, using captions and photos to show our personalities. I used to think it was much better to be a fraction. I would construe my personality as a gregarious person. I always had photos…

It was him. We met at the gym when we locked eyes on each other. He flirted with me and I did a little bit of it back, complimenting his toned, muscular body. I don’t remember the exact day we met. All I remember was him walking in to check…

If there’s one thing that 2020 taught you, you need to take it easy on yourself, especially your mental health, and practice self-love. The world has changed in the last 12 months, and all the unknowns have come at this unprecedented time. Therapists and practitioners’ have sky-rocketed sessions for people…