Category: Life
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Rock Your Crown
In the wake of such public and prominent examples of Black, female excellence such as Rihanna’s release of Anti; Beyonce’ dropping Lemonade or any of the other acts surrounding it’s presence; Lupita’s recent “classy clapback”; or even Tess Asplund’s viral stand – I have been experiencing a pretty hefty dose of #BlackGirlMagic (shout out to…
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Adulting 101
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where I was in my life last year as well as what I would have liked to know. As a college senior, I wish that I had had the forethought to create resolutions and start planning for my life post grad. Now that I am a full ten…
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#BlackGirlMagic
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (yesterday), I was hoping to share 3 playlists that have kept me inspired and fully loving two incredibly integral parts of my identity-being a woman and being Black. I hope these playlists inspire you guys as much as they have inspired me! Black Girls…
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Be in Your Moment
Today, 3 of my buses were cancelled (of which I only needed to get on one) which means I will be late for work, but when the bus finally came I had already run across the street to get a snack. As I was coming out of the door, the bus was nearing my stop.…
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Babson Magazine Feature!
It was an absolute honor to be featured in the Babson Magazine and I would like to thank Donna Coco for capturing the exact essence of what I was hoping to convey. See below for a snippet or click the photo above to view the full article! “A poet and artist, Roberts began sketching her…
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Quest for the Crown
I have been blessed to have amazing friends who are willing to do whatever it takes to reach their dreams. A friend of mine is on the road to competing in the National Black USA pageant. She currently holds the title for Miss Black Massachusetts. Want to know more? Read her statement below. Hello, My…
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Life’s Lessons
Life often has a way of teaching you lessons that you really don’t think are necessary for you to learn, but whether you find value in them or not you receive them in whatever forms they come. So, things that I have learned tonight: 1. People only care enough to the point that it does…
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Does Heimat = Home?
Part of freshman year curriculum at my institution includes a number of management and liberal arts courses. In one particular liberal arts course however, one of the main topics is about a word of German origin- heimat. The word has no literal English translation because it is as much a word as a culture. The…
Taelyr C. Roberts 