How to Send Discreet iMessage’s That Blur After They’re Seen
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So, you’re not scandalous by any means. But sometimes you want to send pictures to your friends or to your beau that you don’t want …
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Dealing with Death in my Twenties
I have never experienced death before – everyone that has been close to me was alive and well. Until November 30th 2015. I had just taken my French final exam …
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Surviving Heartbreak
I think it is safe to say that as women we have all fell victim to that one guy that we are head over heels for. You know, the one …
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Spiritual Books I’m Currently Reading
For girls on their spiritual journey.
1.”The Battle Plan For Prayer”: http://amzn.to/2dKjJDe 2.”The Pursuit of Holiness” by Jerry Bridges: http://amzn.to/2dB1Jfa 3. “The Practice Of Godliness” by Jerry Bridges: http://amzn.to/2dqbDin 4. “The Wait” by …
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Even Though I Have 1 Million Followers, The Internet Has Made Me Insecure
They say comparison is the thief of joy.
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Patricia Bright Youtube // Instagram // Twitter //
Insecure (Season 1, Episode 1)
In the wake of her 29th birthday, Issa Dee and her best friend Molly reconsider their life choices.
Watch the half-hour comedy series Insecure, starring Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay …
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How I Made $65,000 From My Small Blog
I’ve been blogging since 2005. In the beginning – of course – it was all for kicks. I never promoted it and only told about 5 people. All relatives. …
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100 Millennial Lifestyle Bloggers of Color
When we started From a Wildflower back in 2014, we handpicked 40 Bloggers that we knew embodied what a Wildflower was – a soulful woman in her 20s or 30s …
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The Quote That Guided Me Through College
As someone who has struggled with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, I fall easily into patterns of self-doubt and low self-confidence. These sorts of challenges are incredibly difficult to deal …
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Oh, How We Danced -Empath, Meets Narcissist
Because you had the tendency to listen with your mouth, I believe you underestimated my silence–my eye rolls and exasperated smirks as signs that you were winning or have won.
I Just Want To Be Alone
The truth is that it never occurred to me how me wanting to be alone all the time affected those around me. I just believed that it did me good …
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A Reflection On Daily Travel as a Woman
I tend to over analyze imaginary situations when it came to riding the MTA. Like whether or not I looked too provocative in case I got off late. That day …
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And When It’s Time To Go, You Know
vI waited for almost two years for all my feelings of resentment to leave. When they finally left it was a sunny day. I was clapping my hands for someone …
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Adulting Sucks but Here’s What I’ve Learned So Far
The struggle is necessary. Discussed: Balancing it all, anxiety, marriage, letting go of yourself, choosing & losing friends, learning how to trust God.
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Vicky Logan Youtube // Instagram …
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Redefining the Beauty Standard
“Why Am I Not Beautiful?” Episode 9 of #TheSlumberParty featuring Jackie Aina (http://bit.ly/jackieainayt) and Tim Bryan (http://bit.ly/timbryanyt). In this episode we go IN about beauty and bare all with our …
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For Girls Whose Faith Sometimes Waivers
**The use of ‘G-d’ is not intended to offend anyone who may believe differently, agnostically, or atheistically. The word can be changed to ‘Universe’, ‘Energy’ or whatever seems fit.
Learning As I Go
While acknowledging the necessary change for growth, I’ve learned quite a few lessons on this journey thus far. So I’ll share.
There are some people you can vibe with and …
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Solange’s “Don’t Touch My Hair” (Official Music Video)
Watch: Don’t Touch My Hair (above) Cranes in The Sky (below)
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“A Seat at the Table” Digital Album Available Now Here
Pre-order the physical album today: CD / Vinyl
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Solange’s “Cranes In The Sky” (Official Music Video)
Watch: Cranes in The Sky (above) Don’t Touch My Hair (below)
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“A Seat at the Table” Digital Album Available Now Here
Pre-order the physical album today: CD / Vinyl
Directed …
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Should I Quit Blogging?
Most Captivating Comment from a Reader/Viewer: “I think as your product becomes more polished it may not hold the same resonance, and it’s ability to connect to most people. The …
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I Found Out He Had a Girlfriend
It was shortly after 10 a.m. on a smoldering Tuesday morning when my cell phone rang, naturally causing me to slow my brisk stride and interrupting the music blaring out …
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Insecurity. It’s the little bastard that sneaks up on us unexpectedly, snatches our confidence, and runs like a thief in the night and leaves us bare. Naked. Unexposed. Every one …
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Is the Black Church Keeping Black Women Single?
From a previous Pastor’s wife.
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April Mason Blog // Twitter // Facebook // FAWF posts featuring April Mason
Black Girl in Paris
“A contemporary tale of passion, adventure, and uninhibited sexual freedom as one young woman navigates through the City of Lights. Written and Directed by Kiandra Parks.
Synopsis: Twenty-three-year-old Eden comes …
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What Afeni Shakur Taught Me About Fear, Giving Up & Feeling Sorry for Myself
The signs keep coming; I need to stop being such a chicken.
I need to stop being scared to fail and scared of getting things wrong.
I need to quit …
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Paradoxical Prologue: Believing In My Own Declaration
I am a writer.
It has taken me years to believe in my own declaration. I have had a hard time accepting that I am qualified to partake in the …
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Wandering Aimlessly in My Twenties
Too many times in my life I’ve been accused of being lost and wandering aimlessly, be that professionally, romantically or spiritually and quite frankly I don’t appreciate that sentiment. So …
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73 Questions with Serena Williams
“On the set of her clothing line debut, Serena Williams talks about the most romantic thing a guy has ever done for her, that time she tried body bowling, and …
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On Low Self Esteem & Self Confidence
“She yearned to be admired, and feared to be insulted; and yet seemed tragically conscious that she was destined to miss both these extremes of sensation, or to enjoy them …
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Solely
“SOLELY is a provocative day-in-the-life of a young dancer and her heart-wrenching experience dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. Alone in her decision, Lexi stands firm in her resolution while attempting …
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What I’ve Learned From Undergrad to Grad School
“I was taught fairly early on that I should not pay for a Ph.D., but should be getting paid (a Master’s either but it can be harder to get funded …
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How He Proposed
“Hey loves, it’s Alisha! In today’s video, my husband and I share our proposal story with you guys! :) Hope you all enjoy!”
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My Family is Not Black Excellence
“To say this out loud feels offensive to my Mother’s rule of never putting the family’s business “out on front street.” To address it, I worry that my mother will …
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New Period Panties That Don’t Leak
“I tried THINX period panties and tell you all about them in this latest video. Let me know if you tried them or plan on trying them and leave a …
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How To Manage and Make Money
“Hey guys to today we are talking money! How to manage it & how to make more – make sure you are in check.”
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Patricia Bright Youtube // Instagram …
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Struggling Silently and Coping Alone, in Your Twenties
“I’m covering something extremely personal that I haven’t mentioned on my channel. I’ve been dealing with depression for quite a few months now, and for a period of time it …
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I am Not Yours
I had a brief encounter with a white woman on a bus stop. I was wearing my box braids and she raised her hand -who knows if it was clean …
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I Didn’t Want His Hug
If I could do it all over again, I would probably still beat the blood out of Marquise. Maybe next time it won’t be for trying to give me a …
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Why I’m Not a Style Blogger and Why I’m Happy About It
There are few moments in my life where I can truly say that I’ve had a moment of epiphany. One of them was when I stepped into the holy light …
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My Experience as a Prostitute
Make up to $2,000 a week, the job posting read.
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Image Source “Pracht-Stucke”, VOGUE Germany, June …
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Confessions of a Trainwreck
I really love that in this day and age, the stage for women comedians, authors, actors, and creators has grown. No matter what genre you’d fit into, you would find …
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10 Life Lessons We Learned in College
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The Nearly Life-Saving Reasons Why I Write
It is time to come clean and admit that one main motive for writing on here is self-serving. I have no shame in admitting this; writing is a lot like …
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Happily Single
“This video was so difficult for me to film because I’m not used to ‘baring my all’ but hopefully what I went through will help someone else! Thank u so …
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That Moment When The Guy You Thought You’d Marry Gets Engaged
While the average person was barbecuing and soaking up the sun on the 4th of July, I was home snuggled in my bed watching reruns of Law & Order: SVU …
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The Power of Defining Yourself
“This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Amma Asante is the director of the Hollywood hit movie Belle and found that working …
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Trends We’re Ditching in 2016
Goals, Strobing, Dabbing, Excessive Lip Injections – Are you guilty? At the end of 2014, you may remember when Jackie Aina made us laugh with her video, Makeup Trends We’re …
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On Learning Confidence
My body has given birth to two children. It has stretched to hold their heads full of knowledge, their bellies full of nutrients, their feet to carry them upright and …
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How My Break Up Set Me Up For My Come Up
“You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave, then let him leave. You are terrifying, and strange, …
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The Pressure to Be 30 Million Things Before 30
My girlfriend and I have this thing called “Sunday feelings.” It’s the feeling that kicks in on a Sunday night (or whatever your day before the work week starts is) …
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My Psycho Neighbor Made Me Move
Love, Remi Ashten
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Would You Date a Guy With “Potential”?
Heels Off is an online talk show hosted by five ladies Rita Balogun, Amina Habeeb, Mercedes Benson, Ashley Watt and Oloni. Through their unique perspectives on life these five …
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The Fine Line Between Settling and Just Being Picky
I hear so many women nowadays make the statement: “I have a career, my own house and car, I refuse to settle for anything less than I deserve.” I was …
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Losing Someone Close: Living and Moving On
Up until 3 years ago, I had never experienced losing someone that was so close to me. I had been to other family members’ funerals, but they were never family …
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We Got Married The Same Weekend We Met
Do you love yourself and are you comfortable in your own skin?
When it comes to relationships, do you know yourself well enough to know who you are and what …
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How To Network For Real This Year
Networking is something that I heard of at a very young age. My dad stressed the importance of this at every opportunity possible. Why? Well, my dad works in the …
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Like Coco Chanel Once Said, “A Woman Who Cuts Her Hair Is About To Change Her Life”
My hair has been a crux for so long.
Since I was a young girl I’ve felt its weight, depending on it for my own comfort from knowing that …
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Nowhere Near Where I Thought I Would Be
As I sit here and analyze my life, I realize that I am nowhere near where I always thought I’d be at this point in my life. I’ve been out …
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No Shade BUT Do Black Women Support Each Other? #BrownBeautyGurus (Rant)
“I just had to get this off my chest. This is not meant to offend anyone but I just had to speak on the elephant in the room.” – Thanks …
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5 Shows From The 90s That Shaped Who I Am Today
Five shows from the 90s that shaped who I am today: Cosby Show, A Different World, Living Single, Girlfriends, Moesha
I remember coming home from school each day just to …
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The Pain Of The Intelligent Black Girl
I am intelligent. I have no problem recognizing that.
In fact, living in a society that constantly devalues my worth, my beauty and my intelligence, it’s actually kind of revolutionary …
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Are We Really Exempt From Exploitation
This month marks a year of me giving up meat consumption.
I decided going on this compassionate-living path, not because of my health, but because I didn’t want to support …
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You Only Get One Mother
My mom and I have never had the kind of mother-daughter relationship one usually sees on television or in the movies. She didn’t teach me how to cook. She didn’t …
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Everything I Do Doesn’t Have To Be Shared Online
Delete. Delete. Delete. I spent two hours one night deleting and untagging myself from pictures on Facebook. I didn’t delete everything from my page, just the pictures I felt no …
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Heartbreak 20s
Nobody tells you how many boxes of kleenex you will go through or how many boxes of cookies you would end up eating.
Nobody tells you how hard getting out …
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The Single Girl’s Guide To Turning Her V-Day Into A Me-Day
HOW TO MAKE YOUR V-DAY A ME-DAY: TIPS FOR THE SINGLE VALENTINE | February 14th is bigger than just one day out the year.
We all know that almost …
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Diary Of A Fatherless Daughter
Stuck in a chain of pain. Your actions mimic my past, manipulating my present. I’m constantly waiting for you to leave. Anytime you’re absent, I think you’re gone forever. No …
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We Are Not Born Knowing How To Love Anyone
We have all heard the maxim “If you do not love yourself, you will be unable to love anyone else.” It sounds good. Yet more often than not we feel …
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Manga & Millennials: How I Found Comfort in Solanin’s Advice About Being Twenty
Solanin, by Inio Asano, is about Meiko Inoue, a recent college grad working a 9-5 that she hates. Sound like anyone you know? She fears she’ll end up a faceless …
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Want To Meet June Ambrose? We’ve Got Deets!
Thank us later.
This Is What You Think It Means To Be Nineteen
This Is What You Think It Means to Be Nineteen after Lana Del Rey
Pabst Blue Ribbon and hydroponic weed. Unprotected sex in his best friend’s backseat. Black lipstick kisses …
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The Tangled Web An Older Man Weaves
His eyes are piercing, so focused. He doesn’t blink. He looks into the depths of your soul as if he knows every little secret. It’s almost as though he sees …
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“I’m Sorry For Your Loss”
I’d be happy to never hear those words again. It’s been almost two weeks since my father died and I’ve already heard it said about 500 times. Gross exaggeration, but …
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall: On Feeling Insecure About My Body
Insecurity. It’s the little bastard that sneaks up on us unexpectedly, snatches our confidence, and runs like a thief in the night and leaves us bare. Naked. Unexposed. Every one …
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The Sexual Adventure In My Lucid Dream
It felt real; it felt too real to be called a dream.
Sometimes I like to sit and imagine that it actually happened, I like to feel him touching …
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How To Be An Inspiration When You’re The One In Need Of One
I remember when I submitted my first pitch on From a Wild Flower, A Toast To a Lost Vision. It was a post I had written a month or two …
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I’m A Mixed Girl, Born In Spain: But I Feel American
I’m a mixed girl, child of immigrants that was born in Spain. I was raised in Spain, I studied in Spain and I’m currently living in Spain. But do I …
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For Women Who Are Difficult To Love
you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you compares you to an impossible highway to a burning house says you are blinding him that he could …
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I Don’t Want To Be Loved. I Just Want To Be Untangled.
Screw falling in love.
My heart itself is already in tangles. A web of nonsense and a drawerful of necklace chains that I will never have the patience to separate. …
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Excuses For Why We Failed At Love
I’m lonely so I do lonely things Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same. You hate women, just like your father and his father, …
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When The Words Come, They Come Hard
some nights sleep does not come and i am left suspended between slumber and wake; heart full of more than mind is able to put into words.
some days i …
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Mouthful Of Forevers
I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp …
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How to Not Give a — : The Girl’s Guide To Living Life To The Fullest
I care too damn much. I care about what people think, I care when someone doesn’t like me, I actually obsesses over why someone doesn’t like me. So I …
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Swaying In the Safety Net of Mediocrity
It’s easy to sit and watch.
It’s easy to sit and watch the world pass. The sun glisten against an icy blue sky.
It’s easy to sit and watch the …
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A Letter To My Bill Cosby
I used to think you didn’t effect me. I used to be proud of the fact that (I thought) I dealt with all those years and scattered memories by myself. …
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Why Did I Show Up Expecting An Aisle Full Of Beauty Products For A Brown Girl?
Greetings friends! I hope you find yourself well today. I, on the other hand, feel a bit peeved. I went shopping last night to pick up a new non-toxic foundation, …
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Am I Problematic Feminist?
I’ve never referred to myself as a feminist outright, but it’s safe to say I’m a feminist based on my views and beliefs.
Because of how I grew up and …
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My Sister’s Keeper
We once stopped speaking for three years – my sister and I. I had left home when I was 18 and she had not too long turned 14 years old. …
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Please Stop Having Children By My Future Husband
This is a public service announcement on the behalf of my future married self and my sister friends in the struggle.
Have you ever dated a guy with a child …
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My Son Is Having Brain Surgery.. Again
Prayers Up for our girl, Glamazini!
The 7 Types of People You Find on Instagram
Instagrammers, let’s keep it real. Instagram’s massive popularity stems from one basic fact:
We like to see what other people are doing.
We don’t want to read about it on …
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Book Review: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Hey Wildflowers, I hope you’re doing super. I’m back with another book review, this time I’m talking about George Orwell’s Dystopian novel, Animal Farm!
Sherida is a London …
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“Feminism”, A White Woman Thing?
It was a series of unfortunate events when I declared my major during the sophomore year of college. English with a concentration in Literature and Culture also meant that I …
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When No One Else Has Faith
“The path you’ve chosen isn’t going to lead there easily. Helping people is not easy or always profitable. I think you need to keep fighting for your historical moment. It’s …
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Betting On The Universe
“To be honest with you,” he said, “when I go through my day I do not think of you. I have so much going on…” His voice trailed off. “I …
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Working Actress
Single, black, gorgeous (so they say), woman. I woke up to rolling thunder and flashes of lightening. 6:30AM, 15 minutes before my third cell-phone alarm would blare, telling me to …
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Fearing The Country My Parents Came From
I won’t even lie to you when I say that I was always afraid of going there. The place my parents called home before they moved to The Bahamas and then …
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If I Could Go Back And Talk To My 20 Year Old Self
Okay, I admit it! There are times I feel like my twenties are just wasting away before my very eyes. I have less than two years left to make the …
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The First (and Last) Time A Man Bought Me Lingerie
I don’t know what this guy was thinking. We weren’t dating. We weren’t having sex. We’d made out a few times but that was it. Why would he buy me …
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Everything Came Crashing Down Before My 25th Birthday
They say everything will be just right in your life at 25. So I planned out my 25th as soon as the clock hit 12am on my 24th birthday. I …
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Merry Go Round
I fell in love four years ago and have yet to get back up. They say it takes anywhere from 1-3 years to get over a loss but I think …
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The Letter That Writes Itself
I thought about marking my 25th birthday with a letter to my younger self.
I wrote a letter to her a couple of years ago and it was really therapeutic …
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ShopLately.com Better Than Shopping At Instagram Boutiques
Whether you’re looking for a last-minute gift for your bestie for something haute to wear on New Years, ShopLately is an online destination containing over 100 boutiques all in …
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What I Learned: From Girlfriend To Wife [Part II]
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Image Source: Tiziano Magni for The New York Times Magazine/Fashions of the Times, August 20, 1989. Sweaters by Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis.
How Moms Create Cranky Toddlers
Thanks for the tips ImAMommy!
Yey Or Nay: Lurking, Flirting, Sexting & Inappropriate Pictures
Have you checked out the ON Show? Cool girl talk =).
Shirley B. Eniang: My Hair, Beauty & Style Secrets
Thanks Shirley B. Eniang!
Stop Fighting It: Embrace The Place You’re In
We Love Tiffany Hendra
#SmartBrownGirls & Living the Life You Want
We love Jouelzy!
RoomieLoverFriends (Episode 7, Season 3)
Thanks Black&SexyTV
How Men Run Game By Using Your Past Against You
Thanks Christelyn Karazin!
Life In Korea: Renewed Contract and Difficult Moments
Thanks CharlyCheer!
Discussion: Black Hair At Work, Dark Skin, and African Features
via TheWeaveWhisperer!
Kandee Johnson: My Plastic Surgery Story
Thanks Kandee Johnson!
Pregnancy Problems: “Don’t Touch My Food!”
Thanks The Mom’s View!
Ladies, The Career Advice You Probably Never Got
Ted Talks!
How To Get An Internship At Cosmo
_ Ashley Youtube // Instagram // Twitter // FAWF posts featuring AshleyDBeauty
#BlackGirlsWhoBlog: Who’s Your Favorite?
If you love From A Wildflower then please vote for From A Wildflower’s most popular writers who are finalist in the Black Weblog Awards!
Best Personal Blog + EverythingENJ …
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Call Me Crazy, But I Like Clarity
“Tamika you’re so black and white. You never see the gray in anything,” a friend once said to me. Feeling that it was irrelevant, I dismissed the comment and never …
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Do This Don’t: Travel With A Stranger
I couldn’t think of any other way to cap off my college years other than with an epic abroad adventure after graduation. Embarking on a post-grad trip was one of …
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Life Is Not A Race
This is not a race.
It is so easy to get distracted by what is going on around us. We see people we know making huge accomplishments, and then we …
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Being Natural And Feeling Polished
As I look in the mirror I can’t help but think how badly I want to be her because she is me. Strange right?The reflection that I see in the …
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The Freelancer’s Guide To Health Over Wealth: The Not So Pretty Side Of Being Your Own Boss
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I’ll never forget the day that my cousin (and best friend) Soraya sold everything she owned, packed one suitcase, and booked a flight to NYC …
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Goals Unachieved
As 2013 comes to an end, thoughts about accomplishment begin to dance all over my mind. My thoughts continued to dance as if I was sashaying on the beach to …
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Loving A Soul That Won’t Love You Back
Loving a soul that won’t love you back is unbelievably heart wrenching but for some unknown reason it always seems incredibly hard to leave.
It’s tends to go like this: …
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Why Must You Throw Shade With Every Compliment?
I’ve been complimented and questioned quite a lot lately. And I am not talking about “Your shoes are cute” followed by “Where did you get them?” I am talking about …
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My Attempt At Corporate Conformation
The dread that circles me during my daily commute brings all kinds of spellbound resistance bubbling to the surface. After a year of magical metropolis whirlwinds enfolding me throughout my …
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Beautiful Distractions
So I tried it. Every one said that I should do something different. I hadn’t dated in 11 months so what was there to lose? I got on my laptop, …
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I Am Learning To Tell The Truth With My Life
Mantra I am learning to tell the truth with my life. This means doing more than just spilling moon sick starlight into my speech. As a writer, my responsibility it …
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Clarity
“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire
Alone.
Since when was that word synonymous with lonely?
I love being …
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Diary Of The Non-Rich: Who’s Rich Anyways?
To some there’s nothing like a bank full of wealth, gold or money to buy lavish things that make one happy. Others appreciate a bank full of health, the longevity …
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Saying Goodbye To The Expectations Others Have Set For Me
Ever since I was a kid, people have always had very high expectations of me. When I say people, I mean my family… particularly, my mom. Reminiscing on my childhood, …
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Self Love As A Fatherless Child
Whether you know me or not, I live by inspiring quotes, so I’ll start off with this one: “You either like me or you don’t. It took me 20 something …
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Dark Skin And Confidence
Thanks Ed Hill!
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On Celibacy: Saying No To Bedtime Vows, For Now
I’ve never had an involuntary dry spell when it comes to sex. I’ve been sexually active since I was 17, late senior year and have been sexually active since with …
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You Hold More Power Than You Know
You hold more power than you know To create, build, grow… love To destroy, shrink, stop… hate Do you realize it? Probably not You are human, too. You forget You …
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Q&A: My Long Distance Love, Get An Internship, Embarrassing Moments
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When People Ask What’s Wrong With My Son’s Legs
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How She Got Him To Date At Her Pace
via Mecca + Alduan Tartt
Image Source: “L’essentiel Est Dans L’accessoire”, Vogue France, April 1999 // Photographer: Mario Testino // Model: Jacquetta Wheeler
The Silliest Assumptions About Interracial Dating
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Now That He’s Caught: The Confrontation
Recently, I wrote about how important it is to remember that the nice guy can be equally venomous as the typical asshole. I was without a doubt referring to the …
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20 Things I’ve Learned In My 20s
“I thought this video would be a really good one to make for you guys as there are so many things we have learnt along the way and I am …
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I Got Caught Lurking
Late nights and early mornings up lurking again. This is nothing new. I’m used to it and he is too. But this time…this time was supposed to be different. I …
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He Proposed Within Weeks
Is it love? Her new guy told her before they got serious that he wanted to get married young and now he’s popped the question. Should she marry him …
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Why I Still Hurt From Abandonment Issues
NubiaSutton1___ Image Source: Elle Poland, September 1999 // Model: Petra Nemcova // Stylist: Ania Jurgas // Makeup: Alan Milroy for Randal Walker Management // Hair: Tomasz Migda for Randal …
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I Became A Webcam Model To Pay My Rent
“That’s all you needed to make $500 a week,” my mentor said.
I just finished another semester of college and was done with work-study for the year, so I needed …
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I Was Raised To “Get Over It”
Hey guys! Long time no see, right?! I’ve really been wanting to make this video and get back into the swing of things for months, but I simply couldn’t. …
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You Would Have Never Known That I Grew Up The “Church Girl”
Twenty-Eight.
If you would have asked me at 18 years old where I saw myself 10 years from now, it would be absolutely no where near here and for that, …
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How Finances Ruined My Relationship
I know they say that around 50% of conflict in marriages and relationships is due to finances, but I never thought that I would be a part of that statistic.
Unrealistic Expectations
Is this unrealistic? This is the question that we have to start asking ourselves as we feel the tension of frustration building up. We are expected to be all things, …
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Sometimes You’re Better Off Without The Nice Guy
Hey ladies! Ok so shortly after I gave up on dating, an old friend popped back up in my life. We had a homegirl breakup earlier in the year, and …
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Lucky You, Until It’s You
There was a time when I preferred the darkness, the bright yellow on my walls caved in on me and brought about discomfort. The sun bothered me – it was …
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Starting Over At 30
When I started college I couldn’t figure out what to declare as my major. I just knew I wanted it to lead to a fun career. I didn’t want to …
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My Story: Going From Size 14 to 8
I’m going to be completely honest with you all, I dread telling people that I used to be overweight. The excess weight I carried around was a representation of some …
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We’re Coming To California! Let’s Finally Meet In Person!
So We’re Coming To California! And we’d love to finally meet you guys in person! No, there aren’t any crazy cover charges or hidden fees to see us, we’re …
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10 Treasures I Found in my Twenties
Life has taught me how unpredictable it is. At age twenty-four I never thought I’d be standing on the foundation that has brought me so much internal growth. After surrounding …
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Dear 18 Year Old Me: Depression, Anxiety & Finding Happiness
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Do You Sacrifice Your Identity In Order To Feed The Insecurities Of Your Man?
So, I was talking to a friend who was so heart broken to lose the man she considered to be the love of her life. She loved this man so …
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Fighting Depression
Something many people don’t know about me is that I go through waves of depression. And by waves, I mean the funk comes and goes, but when it …
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Creative Ways To Ask Your Friends To Be Your Bridesmaids
Thanks Kissa!
My Problem With Straight Men
I hate men.
Correction: I hate straight men.
I hate all straight men.
Correction: I hate all straight men except for my dad.
I hate all straight men except …
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The Truth About Insecurities
We as a species are naturally insecure. I’m sure that the cave-men gossiped about who’s cave was bigger and better, and who caught the biggest game for dinner. Cain …
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No Crystals On My Fine China
I’ve heard of getting the vajayjay waxed. I’ve heard of getting the vajayjay rejuvenated. I’ve heard of getting the vajayjay steamed. What I don’t understand is how I missed vattooing, …
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How To Kick The Day In The Ass
1) Wake up with Intention
I believe it was the monumental beauty, Mary Kay Ash who gave the advice of making a ‘to-do’ list of 6 things each day. Whatever …
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The B.S. A Psychic Told Me
Psychic, Yetti? I know. But my friend and I were bored. And she was curious. And I was willing. So we ventured to the home of a psychic to have …
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“Do This Don’t”
So you’ve officially made it to Day 5 of the writing challenge and you’re probably wondering “‘Do This Don’t’, what is that supposed to mean?” So I’m here to …
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I Wanted To Make Sure
I wanted to make sure I’d never find myself stained with uncertainties again. One of my closest friends had just passed away, I had my work hours cut in half, …
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Group Traveling 101
One thing that I’ve realized brings the most reward in life is experience. With experience comes lessons both good and bad. I want to share the important lessons found in …
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Strangers At Work
I came back from my lunch break with an uneasy feeling that something was up. I noticed a couple of cops walking in the direction of the store stairs, but …
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Let’s Face It, Not All Women Believe That Sharing Is Caring
What Happened: While I was shopping a few weekends ago at the Nars counter, I was approached by Pamela, Bloomingdale’s Dior Queen of Lenox Mall here in Atlanta. We …
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Traditional Women Vs. Modern Women
What is it to be nice? And to what extent are you willing to go to in order to appear innocent? Or approachable? Or rather, “like a lady”?
Certain Movie Scenes Still Make Me Feel Awkward Around Mama
Omg! Omg! Here it comes. What can I say or do so she will pay attention to me and not the tv. Think, girl, think! Girl, hurry up. This lady …
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September 30-Day Writing Challenge
Also check out GG’s 30-Day Self Discovery Challenge
Sex Means More To Me, Can He Handle That
I am a tough girl on the outside. I had to be. The oldest girl in my family. Yet, I was always the shyest girl. Shyness subsided as I got …
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How To Deal With Your Friend’s Boyfriend’s Flirting
That awkward moment when someone actually decides to speak up on an awkward matter… (guilty face)
For many adult women, the longevity of a good friendship means the world …
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15 Songs To Avoid After A Break Up
1 | Heather Headley – I Wish I Wasn’t 2 | Allure – All Cried Out 3 | Selena – Dreaming Of You 4 | Mariah Carey – Without You 5 | Dru Hill …
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The Killing Of My Stalker
I was about 17 when it happened. I was the hardworking girl who went to high school, attended track practice, showered, and then went straight to work until about eleven …
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