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i wrote a story that was hard to write
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my Aunt Betty Reid Soskin died on December 21
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quick question: do people like happy girls?
Nov 16, 2024
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a kendrick collaborator + ATCQ on NYE
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Dec 23, 2023
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jazz singers + earned vanity + slivers of dinners
+ women w/jangling bracelets & just-waxed cars who just keep going
Feb 18, 2024
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sza & malibu & how I wrote that magazine cover story
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Dec 7, 2023
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the legend of janet damita jo jackson
show me a hero—i'll write you a tragedy
Nov 28, 2023
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thique w/ operatic drama + a buffalo stance
the energy is giving genius
Nov 26, 2023
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garlic shrimp + angel reese + hennessy
grateful for food and sports 🙏🏽
Nov 23, 2023
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tequila sunrises + tour dates + tonz 'o' gunz
on the road with Cypress Hill
Nov 20, 2023
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...and if you are a Black woman artist?
it is so hard to shine bright. we're exhausted.
Nov 17, 2023
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