A wise man once said "Took my life from negative from positive." That wise man was Pitbull. He also once said, "Now pump-pu-pump p-p-p-pump it up and back it up like a Tonka truck." This is not let's-drag-Pitbull post though, we stan Mr. 305 in this house. But I digress. The purpose of this post [...]
They usually creep in around 3 or 4pm. You know who I'm talking about. The weekend has nearly run its course. The drinks have been drunk, the laughs have been had, the hangover is wearing off. My boyfriend has left my apartment. Friends are settling into their own homes. My family is in another state. [...]
Image found on Pinterest After a week of little-to-no motivation, poor sleep, minimal physical movement, and consuming the not greenest of foods, I decided I had enough and it was time to bounce back. This bout of poor sleep and diet descended upon me after two weeks of pure enthusiasm. I was doing so well! [...]
Hello! It's been pretty quiet here at Positive Publicity Blog dot com, as I've been taking a hiatus from blog life. I've been taking some time to think about where I want to take this online space, and how it could (potentially) be used for a greater, bigger impact. Soooo what now... New look, new [...]
We need to do better. We as in this community, this country, this society, this world - we need to do better for the black community. Black Lives Matter. I will never experience the struggles, racism, hardships, disrespect and discrimination the black community experiences on a daily basis, as they have for hundreds of years. [...]
Reads Sparking Joy laugh with me ppl Just popping by mid-week to offer a few reading suggestions, as a treat. The article Iām Clinging to Personal Writing More Than Ever Right Now by Harling Ross (also referenced in this post) has me nodding my head in unison. I'm finding comfort, solidarity and mucho entertainment in [...]
It's hard to begin a sentence with "In West Philadelphia," because well, you know. But that's how this begins... In West Philadelphia, Overbook specifically on the corner of 64th and Carlton, once resided an Italian restaurant called Lebano's. I believe this place to be to be my first memory. My brother's probably, too. I was [...]
Art by Tyler Spangler Checking in The lyrics of Madonna's "Hung Up" plays in the background of my mind. "Time goes by, so slowly..." There are days when time flies by. Then are days that drag like a 3-hour college lecture. "How is it only 2 o'clock," I'll wonder. Some days are filled with grief, [...]
Art found here: https://mackenzie-brown.tumblr.com/post/190297254940/colorel11-daltmejd-sculptures Hey friends, I hope you're doing well and are hanging in there ā¤ To start off... I once had in my drafts a blog post titled "My inability to slow down". For whatever reason, I scrapped the idea of that post and churned out this post instead. But the idea of [...]
I considered titling this post "writing and feeling things", because that's what is going on at this moment. Sitting at home, allowing myself to feel a lot of things I would very much prefer to not be feeling. Angrily, I began writing and spewing every thought and word that entered my brain, a stream of [...]
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