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- Toni Morrison

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Three Letter Word: A List
Three Letter Word: A List

1. The Sea is a daunting beauty.

Its waves, 

varying shades of blue, 

blue

blue

blue

weT and menacing.

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Calling Home
Calling Home

‘Calling Home’ encapsulates the feeling of being perpetually out of place and disconnected, whether that be in the sense of diaspora or being at a PWI and away from family.

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Chains & Quarter Zips: Black Fashion and the Politics of Respectability
Chains & Quarter Zips: Black Fashion and the Politics of Respectability

In late 2025, the rise of the “quarter zip” on TikTok emerged as a light-hearted joke about professionalism, social mobility, and “leveling up” within the Black community. The trend framed the quarter zip as a visual representation for maturity, respectability, and success. But beneath the humor lies something familiar within our community. This fixation on fashion as a vehicle for social mobility, a concept that is not new; and is rooted in a long history of policing Black bodies and presentation in the United States.

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