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She Lives in an RV and is Flourishing

From homeless to happiness Hey y’all, and hello October! I’m so here for dewy fall weather, cinnamon everything, and camp-y Halloween movies like Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown—hold the pumpkin spice. You know…

Carefree Is Coming Back (next week!) To An Inbox Near You

It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you Carefree is baaaaaaaaaaack! You never know how much you miss something until it’s gone. And oh, how I’ve missed y’all! Last we…

Have You Made Love In Public?

Also, we’re taking a short break until September Hey y’all, Hope you’re excited to be reading this letter as much as I am to send it. I missed you! Speaking of missed……

Who is your younger self?

And what do their journal entries look like? Hello! Hope your morning is off to a good start, fam. Question: Do you keep a journal? Why or why not? Let’s chat in…

Are You Selfish?

Because you should be, sometimes. Question for you… Have you ever been super excited about something—maybe you’re finally going to get that dog you always wanted, you’re catching your first international flight,…

The Girls Love Natasha Di’jonay Bedingfield

And Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and MCR Happy Monday! Let’s talk about Natasha Bedingfield for a minute… Over the past few weeks, Black Twitter have come together over their collective love of…

Black Women Don't Have Eating Disorders

Major trigger warning this week Hey y’all, So, I moved to Mexico! In the spirit of being carefree (wink), I decided that now was as good as a time as ever to…

She left the "good girl" title behind years ago

on love and reconnecting Happy Monday! Hope your weekend gave you everything it needed to give. I saw this writing prompt last week and wanted to share it with you. If you’ve…

All Booties Matter

You don’t need curves to be poppin’ Hey y’all, What a weekend! Something cool happened on Saturday—as you can see from the beautiful smiling faces in the screenshot above, we had a…