scribbles
unpolished thoughts on anything and everything (and sometimes nothing at all)
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knicks in 5
there is a flip side to every victory
communitynavigating the greypower of perspective -
lean forward vs lean back consumption
not all content is equal: some is made to be watched, some just to be scrolled past
attention economy -
it's rough out here as a black woman
the burdens of black womanhood can't be escaped, even in paradise
womanhoodblack britishnessrepresentation -
seeing yourself in stories
when the stories told about people like you still aren't quite about you
representationdivided belongingblack britishness -
imposed unity creates inherited instability
Africa's instability isn't just a cultural character flaw, it's a colonial consequence
culture & heritagepoliticsnaija notes -
integration into a broken system is not liberation
integration isn't freedom, it's the first step
culture & heritagepoliticsrepresentation -
yoruba's lost c
midnight musings on the gaps in the Yoruba alphabet
culture & heritagenaija noteslanguage -
rappers haven't written songs since the 90s
how hip hop ditched the pen and pad
digital agecraftsmanship -
a journey to where?
where do you go when there's no longer a map to guide you?
adulting woesambition -
finding a rhythm
the beat is constant, yet ever evolving
growing painsambition -
to be a patriot
on what it means to truly love your country...
divided belonging -
a language is a dialect with an army and a navy
on what it takes to legitimise a language
languagerepresentationculture & heritage -
gazing upon a woman
on realising that, to the world, I am a woman
womanhoodidentity -
210 seconds
a clueless individual attempting to tackle an interview task
adulting woes -
a divided man
a portrait of an immigrant's internal fracture, told in the spreading of ashes
divided belongingfilm and tvrepresentation -
death by valentine
the final words of Cupid's latest victim
adulting woes -
happily ever after?
why Love and Basketball's final quarter fell short
film and tvstorytellingmodern love -
where identity stems
it all comes back down to who's I am and where I am from
identityfaithcommunity -
when romanticism meets reality
I may have just found my new all-time favourite cinematic trilogy
film and tvstorytellingmodern love -
look to your locs
when things get hard I look to my locs
identityambitioncommitment -
zero to one hundred
whiney waffles of a slightly delirious individual
adulting woes -
a few kind words
the selfish joy found in sending a message of appreciation
intimacycommunity -
hiding from the light
wrestling with the desire to be known
identityintimacygrowing pains
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- mild takes informal reactions to media or culture
- observations broader cultural or political commentary
- sparks ideas sparked by something read or heard, not yet developed
- personal reflections inward-looking, identity, lived experience
- nonsense rambles unfiltered, in-the-moment writing