Inherently Valuable
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I'm a writer, educator, small business owner, editor, sensitivity reader, and overall lover of life! Always remember that you are inherently valuable!
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📌Just heard an interview with John Mellencamp.
Jack, in "Jack and Diane" was written as a black dude. They were an interracial couple. Thing is, the music producers didn't like that back then, so it wasn’t sold that way.
Mellencamp was asked why.
"Because America is racist as hell, that’s why ..."
Jack, in "Jack and Diane" was written as a black dude. They were an interracial couple. Thing is, the music producers didn't like that back then, so it wasn’t sold that way.
Mellencamp was asked why.
"Because America is racist as hell, that’s why ..."
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📌Just heard an interview with John Mellencamp.
Jack, in "Jack and Diane" was written as a black dude. They were an interracial couple. Thing is, the music producers didn't like that back then, so it wasn’t sold that way.
Mellencamp was asked why.
"Because America is racist as hell, that’s why ..."
Jack, in "Jack and Diane" was written as a black dude. They were an interracial couple. Thing is, the music producers didn't like that back then, so it wasn’t sold that way.
Mellencamp was asked why.
"Because America is racist as hell, that’s why ..."
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I was reminded I saved this a while ago:
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was reminded I saved this a while ago:
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The fact that Jake Paul has also scammed his own fans makes him a perfect example of this phenomenon, too.
December 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The fact that Jake Paul has also scammed his own fans makes him a perfect example of this phenomenon, too.
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨
Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌
“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
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For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved
The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void
The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.
www.whatimreading.net
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved
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75 years ago, my friend Ronald McNair was born.
Denied books as a child at his segregated South Carolina library, he later became the second Black American in space. And today, that library bears his name.
Happy Birthday, Ron. Your legacy continues to inspire us.
Denied books as a child at his segregated South Carolina library, he later became the second Black American in space. And today, that library bears his name.
Happy Birthday, Ron. Your legacy continues to inspire us.
October 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
75 years ago, my friend Ronald McNair was born.
Denied books as a child at his segregated South Carolina library, he later became the second Black American in space. And today, that library bears his name.
Happy Birthday, Ron. Your legacy continues to inspire us.
Denied books as a child at his segregated South Carolina library, he later became the second Black American in space. And today, that library bears his name.
Happy Birthday, Ron. Your legacy continues to inspire us.
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Audre Lorde wrote, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”
Assata Shakur embodied this.
Assata Shakur embodied this.
September 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Audre Lorde wrote, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”
Assata Shakur embodied this.
Assata Shakur embodied this.
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BREAKING: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore just announced he refuses to authorize National Guard deployment in Maryland. 🧵
August 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BREAKING: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore just announced he refuses to authorize National Guard deployment in Maryland. 🧵
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Here is the link to their campaign as they try to raise money to save the center www.saveblackhistory.org
SAVE BLACK HISTORY
www.saveblackhistory.org
July 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Here is the link to their campaign as they try to raise money to save the center www.saveblackhistory.org
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I love Sterling K Brown as much as he loves Black women 🤗 He is always 10 toes down for us. From r29unbothered on IG
July 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I love Sterling K Brown as much as he loves Black women 🤗 He is always 10 toes down for us. From r29unbothered on IG
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Empathy is no substitute for the experience itself. We don't get to tell a person with a broken leg or a bullet wound that they are not in pain.
~ Isabel Wilkerson
~ Isabel Wilkerson
Thinking about that exchange of the View..
Respectfully, you don’t know more about American racism than Black Americans.
2 of 2
Respectfully, you don’t know more about American racism than Black Americans.
2 of 2
June 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Empathy is no substitute for the experience itself. We don't get to tell a person with a broken leg or a bullet wound that they are not in pain.
~ Isabel Wilkerson
~ Isabel Wilkerson
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The Kaabo Award for Black Ceramicists deadline is June 27th!!
If you are a Black ceramicist—esp if you're in a predominately white society—please apply! There is $11k ready to be shared and closed mouths don't get fed!
Apply here:
👇👇👇
www.kaaboclay.org
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#pottery #BlackSky
If you are a Black ceramicist—esp if you're in a predominately white society—please apply! There is $11k ready to be shared and closed mouths don't get fed!
Apply here:
👇👇👇
www.kaaboclay.org
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#pottery #BlackSky
June 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Kaabo Award for Black Ceramicists deadline is June 27th!!
If you are a Black ceramicist—esp if you're in a predominately white society—please apply! There is $11k ready to be shared and closed mouths don't get fed!
Apply here:
👇👇👇
www.kaaboclay.org
(pic for attention)
#pottery #BlackSky
If you are a Black ceramicist—esp if you're in a predominately white society—please apply! There is $11k ready to be shared and closed mouths don't get fed!
Apply here:
👇👇👇
www.kaaboclay.org
(pic for attention)
#pottery #BlackSky
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Healing work is messy. You are unlearning and rewiring your brain, body, beliefs, etc…
Toni Morrison was right about freedom. You have to show up for it and claim it every day. Even when it’s hard.
Healing is a freedom. Show up and claim yours every moment you can
Toni Morrison was right about freedom. You have to show up for it and claim it every day. Even when it’s hard.
Healing is a freedom. Show up and claim yours every moment you can
June 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Healing work is messy. You are unlearning and rewiring your brain, body, beliefs, etc…
Toni Morrison was right about freedom. You have to show up for it and claim it every day. Even when it’s hard.
Healing is a freedom. Show up and claim yours every moment you can
Toni Morrison was right about freedom. You have to show up for it and claim it every day. Even when it’s hard.
Healing is a freedom. Show up and claim yours every moment you can
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Little girl returns to school after getting a prosthesis . What wonderful friends she has 🥹🥹🥹
June 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Little girl returns to school after getting a prosthesis . What wonderful friends she has 🥹🥹🥹
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omg this is so wholesome I'm gonna cry
May 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
omg this is so wholesome I'm gonna cry
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Only a few spots left for the Beats & Balance x Brown Girl Yoga Tribe retreat in Costa Rica.
If your spirit’s been nudging you—this is your sign.
We’re almost full. Don’t wait.
Info’s in the linktree 🌴
#QTBIPOCRetreat #WellnessWithoutWalls #HealingInCommunity #CostaRicaRetreat #BlackAndFree
If your spirit’s been nudging you—this is your sign.
We’re almost full. Don’t wait.
Info’s in the linktree 🌴
#QTBIPOCRetreat #WellnessWithoutWalls #HealingInCommunity #CostaRicaRetreat #BlackAndFree
May 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Only a few spots left for the Beats & Balance x Brown Girl Yoga Tribe retreat in Costa Rica.
If your spirit’s been nudging you—this is your sign.
We’re almost full. Don’t wait.
Info’s in the linktree 🌴
#QTBIPOCRetreat #WellnessWithoutWalls #HealingInCommunity #CostaRicaRetreat #BlackAndFree
If your spirit’s been nudging you—this is your sign.
We’re almost full. Don’t wait.
Info’s in the linktree 🌴
#QTBIPOCRetreat #WellnessWithoutWalls #HealingInCommunity #CostaRicaRetreat #BlackAndFree
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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At this point, the goal of this government is to destroy your spirit.
We will renaissance in the voids they attempt to create, like we’ve had to before.
We will renaissance in the voids they attempt to create, like we’ve had to before.
May 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
At this point, the goal of this government is to destroy your spirit.
We will renaissance in the voids they attempt to create, like we’ve had to before.
We will renaissance in the voids they attempt to create, like we’ve had to before.
