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Lupita Nyong’o
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds — Bob Marley, Redemption Song (lyrics adapted from a speech by the Honorable Marcus Garvey) While none but ourselves can free our minds, sometimes an image or a verse helps with the calibration process. Lupita Nyong’o’s tearful speech defining beauty at Essence’s 7th…
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Why I Stopped Being A Voluntourist
I don’t want a little girl in Ghana, or Sri Lanka, or Indonesia to think of me when she wakes up each morning. I don’t want her to thank me for her education or medical care or new clothes. Even if I am providing the funds to get the ball rolling, I want her to…
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The Elephant in the Room: Ivory vs Art History
Cognitive dissonance: discomfort at simultaneously holding two contradictory beliefs. UK’s Daily Mail reports “Prince William has vowed to destroy all 1,200 ivory artefacts in Buckingham Palace to ‘send a message’ to illegal elephant poachers.” Read more… The circle of life is one thing, poaching animals is another. I’m all for ending barbaric practices that kill…
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Simone Monique Barnes 