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  • I didn’t sign up to be an actress…

    Yesterday I was speaking with a new team member and learned that an opportunity I was told I was being vetted for had already been given to someone else. No formal conversation. No acknowledgment. I just happened to hear it in passing, like a line dropped between scenes that I was never meant to catch.…

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  • 10 Things I No Longer Care About During Perimenopause

    Perimenopause wasn’t something that was actively on my radar when it hit. If I’m being honest, I didn’t even know it was a thing before I found myself deep in the throes of the hormonal chaos it rained down on me. I thought menopause was it.That somewhere around 50 I’d buckle up for a wild…

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  • Unlearning Survival – A Slower Way of Arriving

    The edges of the person I’m becoming are starting to appear. The shape feels vaguely familiar, yet entirely new. I don’t know exactly where I’m headed — but I’m paying attention, and for now, that feels like enough.

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  • Perimenopause, Itching, and the Slow Death of My Patience

    I’ve believed in reincarnation for most of my life. And whenever the topic comes up — casually, philosophically, half-jokingly — I’ve always said the same thing: I want to come back as a Black woman again. Lately, however, as I find myself deep in the trenches of perimenopause, I would like to formally revise that…

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  • Youth Death Vitality and the Lack Thereof

    Getting older hits hard when your idols age or pass. Reflection blends nostalgia, desire for simplicity, and questioning life’s meaning. It’s wild!

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