Being unemployed [for a third time] in New York crushed me and this time around, the additional bump in benefits, because of the pandemic, was gone. There were more rules and monitoring than before. I was embarrassed by being unemployed at my “big old age” in my late 30s.
Read MoreI thought I had my career path figured out in my early 30s. I was making decent money as a freelance contractor at Viacom in New York and I had never thought about leaving my TV production gig until it exhausted me.
Read MoreHaving immigrant parents, getting a good education was over emphasized in our household. Lucky for me, I was down for traditional schooling, having gone to a four year college then grad school.
Read MoreAs an Afro-Caribbean woman, I’ve had to navigate multiple worlds beyond my comfort and rarely with enough language.
Read MoreFresh off an unexpected month hiatus, I brought on some dope ass womxn to discuss the idea of being an alpha womxn, how we as black womxn have to show up differently in our personal and professional lives, and the parallels to our own lives from themes in Beyonce’s Black is King.
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