A Word: Colorism, Cluelessness, and Carefree Black Girls
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Carefree Black Girls
Hashtag came from a place of me trying to make sense of my own sadness. Initially it was going to be a much more straightforward sort of analysis and appraisal of black women ind pop culture, with none of my experience baked into that. But then it became like a whole other thing, you know. And your book, you talk about battles with depression. You talk about, like, weight losing way in those sorts of struggles. How did you find this balance between what may have been your personal emotional struggles and this desire to celebrate? We got to publicly celebrate, because so much of our joy is taken from us. Cause for me, it's not about pretending that the pain doesn't
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