Read more in 2016. Everyone’s resolution. Why? Because reading makes you smarter, wittier, more interesting, even prettier. But wait,...

Wow…guys…it’s been a long time, right? What’s up with this blog? What a good question… Well now that that awkward moment is out of the...

What a great idea, I’m glad I could catch this one. Looking forward to connecting with everyone! EGOTist: The Reinvention of Ambition...

What follows is a story of dragons, human sacrifice, and one terrified 4 year old. Of how theatre taught me the most important lesson of...

So make-up. That’s a thing that exists. I only halfway know what I’m doing when I put make-up on. Most of the time I’m an eyeliner &...

I am ruthless. Like stone cold, unforgiving. Unless you ask someone else. Why? Because I treat others the way I’d want to be treated but...

April 2012 I left London because I could no longer afford to live there. I couldn’t find work (acting or otherwise) nor could I justify...

I want to be my best for you guys. Write my best, look my best, and only report on quality stuff. The perfectionist in me took control. I...

When my family dropped me off at Howard University back in August 2003 I cried. Hard. My first time without them and I was going to be so...

So yesterday I was in crisis. Again (they happen a lot, the curse of thinking too much). I’m not living my best life. I know that I’m...

I’m a chronic dropper. Samsung’s Gorilla Glass is the only reason I still have a phone or a tablet (you’d think they were slathered in...

Bibliophile (noun): one who loves books; me. My top 3 favorite books: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones The Broken Kingdom by NK...

I hate reception work. We’ve established this with my last post (The Introvert Receptionist if you missed it). 20/20 hindsight (my...

A couple weeks ago I read You Are What You Do (the most of) by Christopher Gabriel Núñez and it rearranged my brain. While the whole...

Confession time, folks. I am a huge nerd. Like HUGE nerd. I love math and science (except geometry and biology because fuck those guys)....

We leave the club after 3am and make it two steps before I’m cornered by the dude who wants to talk to the “soul sista” (my locs were...

“I know I’m not Dionne but I’m at least Cher.” Chatting with my friends I brought up which character I thought I would be in the timeless...

A photo shoot: privately one of my biggest fears and my final boss battle before the EGOTist launch. It’s not that I didn’t have any...

When I started seriously considering locking my hair I put in enough research to write an undergraduate paper. Locs aren’t a hairstyle to...

(Flashback to the last of the relaxer days in China) The first 2 weeks or so after I went natural were not quite traumatizing but damn...