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Who’s On Your List?

From the age of roughly 16 I had just moved away from my hometown and I was dealing with lots of varying emotions rooted in whether or not I was letting my loved ones down. My cheerleading squad, youth group, church family, friends and the rest of my immediate family

The Journey and The Destination

Not every dead end stops the journey.

Black Happiness: The American Horror Story (An Unintended Interpretation of “This is America”)

When I wrote this back in January 2018 I had no idea that we’d get a visual representation of the concept that I’d been struggling to express (This is America).Below is what I wrote about the scary place that is Black Happiness and how we can find ways to maintain

Black Dreams, Fantasies & Realities (Opinion Piece)

This piece is a summation of my opinion based on my observation. I encourage you to seek out the perspectives and research the concepts presented here for yourself and share your conclusions. This is a safe space for the exchange of ideas. Links provided in-text for reference.

Hello… it’s M.E.

Many of you know me from my hair blog http://www.OohMyHair.com , and some of you may have been reading my work since that fateful summer in 2008 when I first began to blog about my life justmarri.blogspot.com .  Well I’m all grown up and lots of things are different now,

What’s Up with This?

So I decided to start this blog as a place to release my thoughts in anew way. I wrote for Just Marri on both blogspot and here on The Press. Since then I’ve changed a lot. Not only as a blogger, but in nearly every aspect of life. My first

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