BLACK WOMEN ARE DATING THE WORLD.

This platform is for Black women, who — like me — are navigating the nuances of this world as best we can.

Sometimes we do it with grace, sometimes we do it with fear, sometimes we do it with anger and/or all of the above. However we do it, it gets done.

As you explore each post, each page and each project, I hope the meaning becomes vividly clear: this play is about us.

Black women’s stories deserve to be told, and although we may not always feel we have the language or tools to share them, we have everything we need.

Welcome to my world of travel, culture, dating, experiences and more.

I hope you leave here better than you came.

TRAVEL

Travel

A Saint Martin Romance

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How I Spent my 28th Birthday in Antigua

I make it a point to celebrate with a birthday excursion in the Caribbean. In past years, I have traveled—with at least one other person—to Barbados, Turks and Caicos, and Martinique, but this year, I took myself to Antigua…alone! Read More…

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Travel

Solo Dolo But Make it Travel

Where to start? I got so much positive feedback from my birthday trip to Antigua! Not only did y’all encourage me for taking a leap, but many of you also expressed sentiments of taking your own solo trip. It was already on my heart to share this perspective of my experience with you, so here goes. #dolo

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DATING

Just Thinking

Sad Excuses for Bad B*tches

It was a sunny, warm day in the Spring of 2010, and Dee and I were leaving school early, since we were part of the work study program. We were in our senior at Newton High, and he was making yet another case for why me and my bestie, who’s name is not actually Roxy, were not living up to the debauchery…Read more

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Opening Up to My Dad About My Recent Dating Experience

Last month, I had recently called it quits with someone I cared for deeply, and it was really eating me up, because why would you make me leave you?? I was too hurt, and decided that it was time to talk to the big guy(my dad). Now, I usually leave him out my escapades…READ MORE.

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How to Date: Dating Etiquette 101

While I was taught to go into these situations with the assumption that I’m dealing with a properly, raised gentleman, I was also taught to bring my wallet and ask if he wants to split the check. Why? Well, one out of courtesy, but also two, the expectation is this young man knows better than to make me, a damsel in pursuit, pay for an evening he invited me to enjoy.

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CULTURE

Just Thinking

Disappointed! Where Are The African American Bars in Brooklyn?

I worry that, because African American culture has struggled to achieve recognition internally and externally, the audience is frequently misrepresented or deprioritized. This is further complicated in the face of gentrification and history that never gets told.

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