I’m incredibly sad that today is Obama’s last day in office, but I’m incredibly grateful that he was an integral part of my primary and secondary educational years. How lucky we are to have a generation of students empowered by a leader that embodied goodness, hope, and an unstoppable drive to serve as many people […]
6 Things I Struggle With When I Write My Emails
Writing emails. You either love it or you hate it and there’s rarely an in-between. If you’re friends with me, you’ve probably watched (and listened to) me struggle for over half an hour over a one-paragraph email replying to another. Honestly some of them might seem trivial, but I know I’m not alone! I’ve helped some of my friends […]
“Dreams do come true,” Even For Little Black Girls
Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true. I don’t know if many of you have been perusing the theatre arts news, but this past Tuesday Keke Palmer debuted in her role as […]
The End is Nigh! (My Senior Year Goals)
The end is nigh! The internship is wrapped up and I move back on to campus in a couple of days. This semester I have a show I’ll be assistant stage managing, an internship and I’ll be on our UMD Bateman Team for PRSSA, and next spring I graduate. I am obviously excited, but I […]
The Care and Keeping of You: 5 Steps to De-Stress
We’re back from New York City and yikes what a trip. One thing I will always say about the city (and when I say “the city” I mean Manhattan) is that it can be really stressful sometimes! There are millions of people, everything is fast paced and if you slow down for one second you […]
Summer Internship 2014: Just An Update
It’s Aug. 22, and I officially have 10 days left of my intensive program support internship with TechGirls. For those of you who didn’t know, I’ve spent the last half of my summer interning with this Department of State initiative to encourage girls ages 15–17 from 8 countries in the Middle East and North Africa […]
Brains vs. Beauty—Why can’t we have both?
I’m tired of people saying to stop calling our daughters so they can focus on being smart and innovative. — Tai Coates (@Tie_Jackets) July 23, 2014 I didn’t realize the two were mutually exclusive. — Tai Coates (@Tie_Jackets) July 23, 2014 “Sorry mom, I can’t be a rocket scientist cause I want to be beautiful.” #gtfo […]
No Aspiration Without Representation
Meet Tip! DreamWorks’s first ever black main character. I don’t know if you guys have heard, but DreamWorks has a new movie in the works called Home and I am beyond excited. I’m still a child at heart and extremely proud of it (I have the Disney category on Netflix bookmarked for easy access). I’ve always […]
Cheerios, or Decreasing the Lag Between Reality and Media
Okay. So. I just shared a link on Facebook about the racist backlash from the recent interracial couple commercial that Cheerios just released. If you haven’t watched the video, it features a mixed girl maybe 4 or 5 asking her white mother if Cheerios are good for your heart, her mom says yes, and it […]
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