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the 30 & over project: All This Talk About Black Women & Weight, Body Image, and Fitness
Here are my reactionary Tweets from yesterday after listening to author Alice Randall on NPR discuss her “Black Women And Fat” article: Tweet #1: WOW! Listening to Alice Randall... Continue reading »
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the 30 & Over project: Mother’s Day For The Rest Of Us
It’s May again. And another Mother’s Dayis upon us. Lately, I’ve been pondering a few things though, as it relates toMother’s Day card (Photo credit: Wikipedia) being a... Continue reading »
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Black DIY: Looking For A Sweet Treat For Mother’s Day? Check Out Heaven Must Be Like This!
If you are anything like me, I simply dislike (no usually hate) store bought cakes. And, usually, I only get the chance to eat a good handmade cake when I visit my relatives in the South during the... Continue reading »
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the 30 & Over project: Spring Cleaning
Dishwasher, open and loaded with dishes (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As we breeze through spring, dealing with all of the sporadic weather and prepping for weddings, graduations, and other celebrations,... Continue reading »
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grown up creativity: project30, a literary journal for the 30 and over
Writer Wordart (Photo credit: MarkGregory007) Okay, yet another adventurous project for me! I’ve been wanting to publish a literary journal for quite some time now. So, here we go. I’m... Continue reading »
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Black DIY: New 2012 Spring/Summer Gift Guide w/featured artists
Check out my new Black DIY Spring/Summer Gift Guide,Get Ready For Mother’s Day!You Have The Right To Be Creative http://project30.yolasite.com/black-diy.php This gift giving guide features... Continue reading »
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the 30 & over project: Considering Aging & Retirement
Health (Photo credit: 401K) As 30-somethings, How do we percieve aging, how does getting older make us feel, and, considering some of the issues and images we see in the media today as it pertains to... Continue reading »
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the 30 & over project: if you had the chance to do “undergrad” over again….
education (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) If you are anything like me, you probably had a blast, the best time of your life in college. You probably also have a few moments that are frozen in time... Continue reading »
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The 10 Commandments of Online Dating
Reblogged from SORRYIAMNOTSORRY: Follow these commandments or I shall smite you. Totally kidding, I hardly ever smite anyone. 1. Thou shalt not ever meet for the first time for more than... Continue reading »
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the 30 & over project: question of the day – celebrities and weight loss
In my effort to continue to chronicle the daily inner-workings of 30-somethings as we go through life and grow older and as I venture into my last year in my thirties, I want to begin posing daily... Continue reading »
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the 30 & Over Project: Childhood Easter Memories
Easter Memories Haiku Floral Easter Dress Afro-Puff Atop Head Mother With Fly Hat Happy Easter Everyone! Enjoy Your Day! Continue reading »
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the 30 & over project: As We Head Into Easter, Remember….
Demand Justice for #TrayvonMartin As we had into Easter Weekend, let’s not only remember the reason why we celebrate Jesus‘ death on the Cross for our sins so that we might have... Continue reading »
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the 30 & over project: Remember April 4, 1968 and #BeActive
Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she unwillingly began. National... Continue reading »
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Grown Up Creativity: You Have The Right To Be Creative
“You Have The Right To Be Creative” is the first in a five-part series dedicated to the “30 & over” crowd of creative people who don’t know where to begin in their... Continue reading »
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Black DIY: Black Women Who Design! Interview with Imani Bilal of Venus Visuals
As we wrap up Women’s History Month, I wanted to make sure I highlightedVenus Visuals - Kosmik Swirl Earrings another female designer of handmade crafts. Recently, I ran across this photo of a... Continue reading »
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media.think: Yes WE Can Do Non-Violent Protest! Images and Articles from around the Web, #TrayvonMartin Million Hoodie March
I have been so moved at how grassroots and organic the movement to bring about justice for the senseless death of 17-year old #TrayvonMartin on February 26, 2012 has been. Despite this tragedy,... Continue reading »
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black coffee: #PutYourHoodieOn for #TrayvonMartin
I remember years ago, 1997 to be exact, as an undergraduate student at Kent State University when a group of us loaded a bus to attend The Million Women March in Philadelphia. Fast forward to 2012,... Continue reading »
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the coo(book)ing school: from Food & Wine Magazine, Healthy Bacon Recipes | Food & Wine
the cook(book)ing school: I LOVE THIS! Mmmmm….Bacon. Read more from Food & Wine Magazine: Healthy Bacon Recipes | Food & Wine. image from Food & Wine Magazine Posted on March 21, 2012... Continue reading »
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black coffee: from HuffPostBooks, Is ‘Chick Lit’ A Valid Literary Category? (DEBATE)
image from HuffPostBooks.com MY COMMENTARY: I think whoever created the name “chick lit” , found a gold mine and should be compensated because they created a great opportunity for women... Continue reading »
