-
How to Design a Life You Love When You’re Done With the Rat Race
The fluorescent lights hum. The coffee is stale. The spreadsheet in front of you feels like a digital cage. We’ve all been there, that moment when the “Rat Race” stops being a metaphor and starts feeling like a slow-motion heist of your soul. You’re trading your most valuable asset, time, for a paycheck that barely…
-
Public Apologies, Mental Health, and the Complicated Work of Accountability
There is something arresting about seeing a full-page paid advertisement in a major newspaper that reads like a personal confession. The piece circulated this week, written by Kanye West, is an open letter of apology, explanation, and appeal. It speaks of trauma, bipolar disorder, public harm, and a desire for forgiveness. It is vulnerable, calculated,…
-
What’s in a Name? Living Into the Story We Carry
I’ve been sitting with a question lately, one that feels simple on the surface but grows deeper the longer I hold it. What’s in a name? Not just the sound of it. Not just how it looks on paper. But the weight it carries, the history it hints at, the identity it quietly shapes. Names…
-
The Weight We Don’t See: A Reflection on Goals, Fatigue, and the Pursuit of the Greater Good
When Dean Amanda asked me what I don’t see in the mirror, the question cut deeper than it seemed. We often talk about the reflections we recognize, our tired eyes, our achievements, the layers of identity we carry like invisible name tags. But what about what’s absent? The unseen weight of deadlines, the hidden fatigue…
-
Baby Face, Big Energy: The Cancerian Look
Astrology has long been about more than just traits, it’s about how we show up in the world. And for Cancers, ruled by the Moon, that “showing up” often begins with a face that’s soft, round, and undeniably magnetic. The ancient texts liken their features to the Moon itself: pale, full, luminous. Many Cancers are…
-
Rain Is My Kryptonite: A Confession of Dampened Productivity
There are superheroes with laser eyes, others who can fly, and some who can stop bullets with their bare hands. And then there’s me, brought to my knees not by villains or cosmic forces, but by rain. Yes, rain. My kryptonite. The sound of raindrops against the window doesn’t soothe me, it sedates me. The…
-
When the Rapture Didn’t Rapture: Wig Laid, But Nowhere to Go
“I lowkey was excited for the Rapture today. Brother Joshua you need yo ssa beat! Had me put my good wig on for nothin’!” That line sums it all up. Many of us went to bed last week scrolling TikTok and Twitter (X, if you insist) only to wake up yesterday morning still here, still…
-
If He Gets His Job Back, What About Us?
Jimmy Kimmel is back. After ABC/Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! following “controversial” remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the network has announced that his show will return. Support poured in from fans, fellow comedians, unions, celebrities, and free speech advocates. That’s wonderful. I love that for him. But it also has me thinking… Who else should’ve gotten…
-
Dr. Bob & the American Jeremiad
Another One! I’m excited to share some great news! Over the past three years, I’ve built a strong academic rapport with my professor for African-American Politics and Politics & Religion. Our conversations around my coursework, especially my work on the American Jeremiad, were so meaningful that he expressed interest in partnering with me on a…
-
Apple in Downtown Detroit
Massive thanks to our community partners at Apple for inviting me to the business partners preview held Sunday, September 21, at the brand new Apple Store in downtown Detroit at 1430 Woodward Avenue. What a space, from the layout to the people and the energy, it’s really something else. The event wasn’t open to the…
-
Chicago in Passing: A One-Day Retreat to the Stage and Screen
Chicago and I have an odd relationship. It used to feel like an escape, a city of vibrancy and edge. But this time? It was quieter. More internal. I didn’t go to be social. I didn’t go to indulge. I went for the art. And thank God for that. I made a quick trip to…
-
“Girl, Why Is Patti LaBelle at Your Birthday Party?!” — Keke Palmer Captures a Whole Mood
Some things just live rent-free in your mind forever — and Keke Palmer questioning why Patti LaBelle was performing at Ariana Grande’s 16th birthday party is one of them. In the now-viral clip, Keke, with her signature blend of humor and disbelief, exclaims:“You’re 16, girl, why is Patti LaBelle performing at your goddamn birthday party?!”…
