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Raven J. James
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We Must Stop the Adultification of Black Girls

Despite popular belief, Black girls are children too — There are plenty of things that were normalized when I was a kid. But when I look back over my childhood, observing the difference in treatment between my friends and me, there are so many things I wish I could have called out. …

Race

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We Must Stop the Adultification of Black Girls
We Must Stop the Adultification of Black Girls
Race

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Published in ZORA

·Jan 13, 2022

Black Women and The Romanticization of Struggle Love

There is a fine line between being loyal and simply wasting your time. — I have found that we have taken the phrase “ride or die” and have completely run it into the ground. Loyalty has been characterized as sticking by a partner despite them not only being unambitious, emotionally unavailable, and financially unstable but also when they have no real intentions of making…

Black Women

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Black Women and The Romanticization of Struggle Love
Black Women and The Romanticization of Struggle Love
Black Women

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Published in Fearless She Wrote

·Nov 30, 2021

Will 2021 Go Down as The Year I Hated Myself?

It’s definitely the year of internal struggle — I didn’t realize how bad things had gotten for my mental state until I looked on my own social media pages, tracing back to January. I looked back on an Instagram story on January 2nd. My husband and I have made it a point to go on a ‘New Year’s…

Mental Health

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Will 2021 Go Down as The Year I Hated Myself?
Will 2021 Go Down as The Year I Hated Myself?
Mental Health

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Nov 19, 2021

Why I Log Off After an Injustice

and why you may need to as well — It’s hard to believe that only a year ago the country was rallying over the loss of George Floyd. …

BlackLivesMatter

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Why I Log Off After an Injustice
Why I Log Off After an Injustice
BlackLivesMatter

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Published in The Startup

·Feb 12, 2021

Tessica Brown and the Life Span of a Meme

The internet’s narrative of the viral ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ has taken so many turns — The month of February is barely halfway through, but it has been nothing short of a whirlwind for Tessica Brown (better known as ‘Gorilla Glue Girl’) as she became an instant meme after an unfortunate hair incident. In January, Brown found herself out of her Got2b Glued Spray, a hair…

Media

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Tessica Brown and the Life Span of a Meme
Tessica Brown and the Life Span of a Meme
Media

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Published in ZORA

·Feb 10, 2021

Please Don’t Forget About Black Joy This Month

We are more than just our trauma — Another year, another Black History Month. My place of hire, specifically the diversity and inclusion committee, wants to celebrate Black History Month with a watch party later this month. (Cool, I guess?) They sent out a survey to get our feedback on what movie we should watch. …

Film

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Please Don’t Forget About Black Joy this Month
Please Don’t Forget About Black Joy this Month
Film

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Published in Fearless She Wrote

·Dec 31, 2020

Woman vs. Female

Yes, it matters which term you use. — Back when we were just friends, my husband and I were speaking on the phone when I noticed he used the word females when he should have said, women. I pointed this out to him and after explaining to him the difference — as well as why it personally bothers…

Women

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Woman vs. Female
Woman vs. Female
Women

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Dec 11, 2020

Why Didn’t Santa Turn our Water Back On?

It seems like allowing my future kids to believe in Santa has bigger implications than I thought — I accidentally crushed a classmate’s dream when I was in first grade. My memory is hazy, (we’re talking over twenty years ago, bare with me). …

Family

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Why Didn’t Santa Turn our Water Back On?
Why Didn’t Santa Turn our Water Back On?
Family

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Published in Fearless She Wrote

·Nov 11, 2020

I’m Not the Productivity Queen I Wanted to Be

Finding value in who I am rather than what I’m able to produce — After news that many of us would need to go into self-isolation back in March due to the COVID-19 virus, I had a more positive outlook at the time. Like so many other citizens, I thought that after maybe a month things would subside and we would go back to…

Self

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I’m Not the Productivity Queen I Wanted to Be
I’m Not the Productivity Queen I Wanted to Be
Self

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Nov 5, 2020

That Time I Got Engaged and Married During a Pandemic

A positive highlight to a seriously bizarre year — Here’s an understatement: 2020 is not at all what anyone expected. Back in December, we were hearing motivational speeches, sermons, and posts about how 2020 is going to be the year of ‘perfect vision’. When you really think about it, they weren’t entirely wrong. …

Love

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That Time I Got Engaged and Married During a Pandemic
That Time I Got Engaged and Married During a Pandemic
Love

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Raven J. James

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Writer | Entrepreneur | Blogger | Dreamer | Pro-Oxford Comma; Feel free to check out my blog at www.serendipityandsuch.com

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