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Skincare Routine
Beauty and Style

For My Dry Skin Folks – My Winter Skincare Routine

My skin is dry, but you can’t often tell because I’ve gotten a dope skincare routine to help me manage it. Cuz we gon GLOW REGARDLESS of the situation. Anywho, Chicago winters testttt my dryness. I woke up this morning and felt my skin was parched! Why? Because it’s 6 …

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Nikki Giovanni
Famous folks

An Oriki Tribute to Nikki Giovanni

I learned of the passing of Nikki Giovanni and needed to honor such a giant with a proper Oriki. Yolande Cornelia of House Giovanni. THEE Nikki Giovanni. Second of her name. Poetry and Prose Priestess. Revolutionary Rhapsodist. Sage of Soul-Stirring Stanzas. Distinguished Delta Dear. Virginia’s Venerable Voice. Legendary Laureate of …

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Travel

Travel Luvv Guide – Cheat Codes to Fly With Ease

Traveling expands our world in every way, and to be able to do it for work and play is a privilege I don’t take for granted. And like everything else in this topsy turvy world we live in, it’s gotten increasingly expensive and wildly chaotic. So it is especially important …

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Professional Troublemaker Podcast Season 5 Trailer
BusinessCulturePodcast

Let’s Talk About the Glory and Grit of Entrepreneurship

I’m ready to talk about one of my hardest years in business. 2023 almost wiped me out. Business was brutal. And at one point I thought I was going to go bankrupt and it shook my confidence to its core. I lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. And you know …

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My Life

How to Sleep Better: Essential Habits and Things

I am committed to sleeping well and more this year, because I know how critical sleep is for our well being. For years, I haven’t created a good sleep discipline but I committed to changing that last month and it’s already made a HUGE difference in how I go about …

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How to Write a Book: A 10-Step Guide
Book

How to Write a Book: A 10-Step Guide

Writing a book is both an art and a science. It’s a journey that demands creativity, discipline, and strategic planning. I’ve written 4 New York Times bestselling books in 8 years, and I’ve used the same formula to make each happen. And now, I want to help more people get …

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Take Trash out
CultureFaith

Are Aliens Real? I Believe So and Here’s Why

I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but do I believe in aliens? I do. Lemme tell you why. There is no way that human beings were God’s best work. The God that I serve, the great God that I serve…. the Alpha and the Omega. The King of Kings. The Lord …

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Skincare Key Products
My Life

Skincare Essentials: My Guide to Flawless Skin

I’m Luvvie Ajayi Jones, and I’m obsessed with skincare. But check it out, though. It’s because I wanna be able to walk out the house, doing minimal things and still look semi-decent. I don’t wanna have to wear foundation every day and I don’t wanna look like what I’ve been …

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Equality Equity Reality Affirmative Action
Culture

About Ketanji, Sonia and Losing Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court struck down the use of Affirmative Action in higher education, with an overwhelming vote of 6-3. There is so much to say about it, and so much rage. The world is far from a meritocracy, and the smartest, most hard working people are people whose names we …

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A true crime of caucasity
CultureFaith

Denial of All Things Unseen is Caucasity at Work

I think that to not believe in a higher power or the universe being connected or energy or spirits or whatever science says it cannot prove, is truly an Anglo Saxon trait and privilege (?). It’s eurocentrism. It’s Westernized blindness. It’s Caucasity at work. I don’t think it is a …

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