mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

“I hate to say this, but hair is the best thing to happen to rhythmless non-blacks.” “Did I die and go to simple bitch hell?” Issa Rae, creator, producer, and star of “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” is hilarious– and onto something. I became aware of the Awkward Black Girl Twitter account several months [...]

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For all the wonders the Internet brings us, social media has created some serious monsters. Fame m-m-m-monsters. This is how it works: give a monkey a WordPress and Twitter account, and suddenly they’re a Social Media Marketing Guru Expert Millenial Coach who will Change Your Life!! with their affiliate program that will gain you ten thousand followers [...]

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I know a woman who thinks she’s successful because she lives in a nice high-rise and drives a luxury car. A man I met the other week at Twisted Spoke felt the need to validate himself by talking, unprovoked, about his $25,000 credit card limit. Some people define success as “getting a job and making [...]

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Television is a hell of a drug. And no show has ever tugged at my heartstrings like Fox’s 24, or as me and my fellow geeks call it, the Jack Bauer Power Hour. And now, as of May 24, during the hours of 2-4 p.m., 24 is over. My obsession with 24 began slowly. I remember [...]

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My most-used Twitter words. Groovy! I love how “love” is my most used word. Also, it looks as though the word “white” is slightly larger than the word “black.” Does this mean I make fun of white people more often than blacks? It’s also funny that #24 is so large, considering the show ended for [...]

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