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Black Stuff from the 1990s

This crossword puzzle was written with one of my favorite topics of conversation in mind: “Black Stuff from the 90s.” Test your knowledge of all the tidbits from a great decade in African American cultural production. Answer key is below. Enjoy.

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Live footage of me pretending I got time. I ain't Live footage of me pretending I got time. I ain't got a lick a time. Nan. Nan time. What are YOU pretending that you got? Be honest. Tell the truth. Shame the devil.
Stay moisturized friends. There's simply too many Stay moisturized friends. There's simply too many dry and ashy people out here worried about other folks, and clearly not focusing on their own self care. Don't be one of them. Moisturize. Drink water. Rest. Repeat.
This has been a WILD month. I'm happy AND exhauste This has been a WILD month. I'm happy AND exhausted. . I'm officially in the middle of Week 4 of classes and I'm somehow in surviving. I have always been up for trying new things out. I can't tell you how many experiments I've done this past month to try to make online teaching work for me and the students. It's time consuming and ALL consuming, but it's worth it. . Shout out to my 💍 who ends up in the thick of all this with me. Especially when I hear the kid screaming in the other room, and know he gone be alright cause she got him.
So this was the moment I realized I was not going So this was the moment I realized I was not going to complete my To-List and that was going to have to be okay, and the exact moment I realized that there was one thing on the list that I absolutely had to get done even if I said to hell with everything else. . Scholarship in Pandemic Time... How are yall faring? I would say, "I am not," but me and my writing partner got the band back together. I can't say it was a struggle this summer because I simply removed writing projects off my plate knowing that they weren't going to happen. I'm getting back into things as I'm settling in to the fact that my job titles are now early childhood learning specialist and scholar. This hard.
I told one of my very good friends today that I'm I told one of my very good friends today that I'm actually happy right now (I'm taking this moment by moment by the way so things may hit differently tomorrow) and that feels really weird given the fact the US is trash (CDC not recommending testing for asymptomatic ppl who've been exposed, the polls that say a whole hell of a lot of white ppl still intend to vote for 45, the RNC lookin like a Gilead convention except they let a woman speak, an unarmed father shot in the back in front of his children by people sworn to protect and serve, a white kid murdering protesters in cold blood and walking down the street with the rifle he used to kill people in front of police in riot gear there to disperse protesters)... . AND YET... I'm incredibly grateful for the goodness that has come into my life DESPITE this being one of the worst years I've ever lived through. Like 2020 will be a year that I will have to work on in therapy for years to come... AND YET... I'm humbled by this moment of feeling happy. . If it has done nothing else, and it really hasn't, 2020 has brought into sharp relief my blessings, my privilege, and the gifts my younger self gave to my present self (aka the seeds I planted years ago that are now beginning to bear fruit). . I'm wishing the same for you. May you carve out a bit of joy, happiness, and pleasure during 2020. It ain't good for nothing else. Might as well carve it up. . 📸 @carlettathegreat
Aye. My book is on sale for the low low. Go get a Aye. My book is on sale for the low low. Go get a copy. Discount code: BIGPAL20 . #blackqueermagic #blackqueer #ratchet
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