To Be Whimsical or Not?

Reading Time: 12 minutesFinding Joy in Uncertain Times: What a Takoma Park Street Festival Taught Me About Community On community, Black cultural expression, emotional well-being, and the quiet power of showing up for yourself. Last weekend, I attended the annual Takoma Park Street Festival for the second time since moving to the Washington, DC, area. I missed the …

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Drafted or Dismissed? Shedeur, Nepotism, and the NFL’s Plantation Politics

Reading Time: 3 minutesLet’s get one thing straight: Shedeur not being picked by Round 5 wasn’t just a “draft night oversight.” It was a message, loud and messy, wrapped in all the politics the NFL swears don’t exist.While other players got their flowers (and multimillion-dollar contracts) with little fanfare, the media somehow couldn’t stop circling back to Shedeur …

American Murder: The Family Next Door – A True Crime Case That Shook Suburbia

Reading Time: 3 minutesTrue crime lovers, gather around! If you haven’t yet watched American Murder: The Family Next Door, I need you to pause whatever you’re doing (unless you’re at work… or driving), and add it to your Netflix queue. This documentary dives deep into the chilling case of Shanann Watts, her two young daughters, and the husband-turned-monster, …

Married to Medicine Season Review: The Mess, The Meds, and The Mayhem!

Reading Time: 4 minutesBravo’s Married to Medicine continues to reign as the crème de la crème of reality TV, mixing surgical precision with surgical-level shade. This season brought drama, redemption arcs, and a few cases of selective amnesia. Let’s scrub in and get into this diagnosis, because the reunion is about to go live, and we need our …