Tag Archives: sojourn

Apr

2012

YOLO!!! \o/

“I have to hand it to her…. Rihanna is living the hell out of her life.” ~Apples, 2012 I tend to agree. As reckless as her choices appear to be to those of us who watch her post drunken pics and curses on Twitter, taunt the new girlfriend of her abusive ex and disregard the [...]

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Mar

2012

What About SoJoseph?

by SoJo

“…from the moment I saw him on the sonogram scream, my husband and I locked eyes with joy and fear….” ~Facebook comment from TDJ This comment has replayed in my mind over and over again since I read it on a friend’s FB page on a thread about the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The commenter was [...]

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Feb

2012

By Any Other Name…

by SoJo

If I am to be completely candid, for most of my adult LIFE I have been apathetic towards Black History Month. How many times do I have to hear little known black history facts to prove that I’m just as intelligent, creative or innovative as other races? How many Paul Lawrence Dunbar poems did I [...]

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Jan

2012

Keep In Touch

by SoJo

Today, I hit up my close girlfriends and asked them at what length of time should I be worried if I haven’t heard from them. I asked because the disappearance of Stacey English has hit close to home. In addition to her being an HBCU alumnae and the same age as me, we share many [...]

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Oct

2011

MUAH!!

by SoJo

One of my FAVORITE people on Twitter used to be @MzStarrBurst or Gummi as she’s affectionately called. I know that people say “It’s only Twitter”, but the psychologist in me says that a person’s online persona (authentic or contrived) can tell a lot about a person. Even for those who embellish (or straight up fabricate) their [...]

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