chicago based • journalist, storyteller, and author • contributor @essence, @harpersbazaarus and more • culture and coffee lover

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Joined February 2014
i love a gloomy chicago day 💨
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New meme reaction for the beyhive. #CowboyCarterTour #Beyoncé
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You have to let people pass in and out of your life and not hold on so tightly. People change, things happen. There are people I thought I’d be friends with forever who I don’t speak to anymore and people I met the other day who I speak to daily.
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substack post is late this week, but it’s alive: reflections of isolation, a journey through solitude and growth open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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my latest on substack: new year … same free will: it’s time to tap into it "[it's] the realization that i can do whatever i want to do despite convention, expectation, or my past ..." open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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some people are mad because you don't have to make your entire personality your job or who you're partnered with. your aura is simply enough!
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For my last story of the year, I spoke with Shiona Turini about how she curated looks for over 500 people for Beyoncé Bowl 🤠 It was not only a fashion feat, but a masterclass in styling a performance with the utmost intention. harpersbazaar.com/culture/ar…
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martha may whovier was 📷that who📷
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my latest on substack: if they wanted to, they would … … connection lies in actions more so than words open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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my latest on substack: the breakthrough is on the other side of gratitude … open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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My latest on Substack: listen to your spirit … and acknowledge your truth open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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Carrie Bradshaw:
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samantha retweeted
samantha was independently spewing evolutionary sexual consciousness every other episode in casual conversation the entire show but carrie - the grown ass woman who ghosted a man she was dating bc he was bisexual - was the successful sex columnist?? oh dont piss me off like that
samantha being ahead of her time in 'sex and the city'
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I love 16 CARRIAGES memes 😭
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- Sister Mary Clarence snapped.
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Journaling about said crash out >
Journaling > crashing out
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Honored to have my work following the Bears referendum vote cited in @SInow! si.com/nfl/bears/election-br…
Austin voters said the city should not pay for a new Bears stadium. buff.ly/48DEWaw
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the first set of people u encounter at university
realising you’re not compatible with a friend is so awkward
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samantha retweeted
realising you’re not compatible with a friend is so awkward
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my latest on substack: we deserve this rest ... and we know who we are open.substack.com/pub/samant…
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