The fresh smell of books even after a long day with whiny (but cute) children never fails to get my hands hungry for buying a book with money I don't have. (Yet.) Thank God that didn't happen, but I'll be glad to tell you what did happen: Laying my eyes on some books I've been… Continue reading A short ode to Barnes and Noble: my 500th trip
All my life I grew up hearing that adulthood is scary, boring, hard, increasingly depressing, and full of no life. When I turned 18, I was terrified of walking into those doors called adulthood. I did my absolute best to stay a kid as long as I could; avoiding responsibilities that should have long been… Continue reading Wise lessons from my aunt & uncle: What is adulthood?
My last official purchase from AliExpress was... *looks over notes* July 5th, 2020. I had come off of a AliExpress earring spring (I literally bought millions of earrings—after all they were like 80 cents, and I totally needed 100 pairs of earrings.) I was blessed with some extra money around March, and I gave myself… Continue reading My $5 mini haul haul from AliExpress
So...this topic is obviously very deep. But as I stated before, I completely adore and cherish children. And because of this, and of course my relationship with God, I won't back down in communicating something that is very true that a lot of people seem not to want to hear, for valid reasons: there are… Continue reading Thoughts on gender
"It's game time."
Of course, everyone has learned about Martin Luther King Jr. in school. Growing up, I remember reading his I Have a Dream speech in part with my third grade classmates and believing to my little self that racism didn't exist anymore, and that we weren't in the times that Dr. King was in during the… Continue reading ‘I Have a Dream’: reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech for the first time
Throw the whole "relationship" in the trash.
WARNING: This post contains screenshots and talk about doxxing, harrassment and death threats targeted to other fans for largely racial purposes. If this in any way makes you feel uncomfortable, please do not read! This piece is STRICTLY about ARMYs, BTS's fandom. Yes, I know NOT ALL ARMYs are dirt bags who dox black women… Continue reading ARMY: my experience stanning BTS on Twitter
In his early 20s, while outside eating a piece of chicken and awaiting the arrival of a friend, Jade Brown—who is now 43 and a talented executive chef, father and businessman alongside his wife in Houston, Texas—recalls to me hearing police sirens and seeing police cars—"six or seven of them" in his words—stop in front… Continue reading Just Mercy: movie review
Have you ever died and as a result lost your memory? Maybe not. At least, I hope you haven't. Then, there's no way you know how Shadow, a hit character from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise feels. Somewhere between Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Sonic Heroes, is a story line centered around Shadow that granted… Continue reading On Shadow the Hedgehog (the game)
Shanedra Writes Too Much 