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Some kick ass BRILLIANT WOMEN I spent some time with this last month. #InternationalWomensDay Is EVERY DAY. Literally not one of us would be here without women, and frankly we’d likely be a lot better off with more of them running the show. But that’s a conversation for another day!! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpid7NpoA0jkaTavrxK5tDHw78efwERscBmKgY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#internationalwomensday

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Happy Independence Day!!! 🖤🖤🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdAVODoCreWZkDhZVORkzmixV6ufr7Adb9hgY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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THE MEMORIES I don’t do many pics on the road or in fetes - I’m busy. Busy wining 💃🏾 & being present, letting the 🎶 carry me. This is what I’ve gathered from my people with 1 or 2 by me, which are clearly after the hot ☀️ & 🎶 did it’s thing, so not the cutest but still beautiful memories ❤️🖤🤍 Thank you to those more diligent than me ro capture the memories, https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSbYjdu9Tu18IMXAgKFRsHXNA3iZShelH-nB40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Just a moment to say A TIME was had 📸 incoming - just need to spend the time to go through them Spending time with long time friends was refreshing joyous and bittersweet - don’t see them enough But this return after 13 years of no carnival has filled me and owes me nothing Even with the most underwhelming bout of first covid. Trinidad Carnival, a blessing and a curse but no other experience like it and when you find your pocket - it is bliss, vibrance, exhilarating and life affirming Make it yours. #TrinidadCarnival2023 #MyHome https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJOMJAOt_Tm7g3DvQLygspSM9snZ4CHwCFWug0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#trinidadcarnival2023 #myhome

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Happy J’ouvert Happy New Year!! Nothing like it. #SuperNovasFirstJouvert #TrinidadCarnival2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6QAphOrZEl-B-BmmHkSDBuqLFNyZp8eYLgzA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#supernovasfirstjouvert #trinidadcarnival2023

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MY PEOPLE ❤️🖤🤍 #Carnival2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/CossDA4PQ1-WWakU-Px6BMTs5FpM_BcxJxGNPU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#carnival2023

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The Bestest of Boo’s. My onliest Boo, before there was Bae. The friendship that just appeared and continues forever and ever. No distance, time or life changes stops the love. When we were young and you free, til we grey and need to stay close to the loo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳🎉🎊🎈🎁🎂@ckjackson25 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Always & Forever https://www.instagram.com/p/CoR91pmIQrnby1wbavcWJoTsU9kmkltNctzSkk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Getting excited!! (And still high key petrified of the pace for the next 2 weeks) The nails are done. My return to carnival after 10 years, pandemmy years excluded. #Carnival2023 #HopeTheHusbandBehaves https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPucYnIGjqVjKnYUvdL6vRWf-cyO8s8s0UMNA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#carnival2023 #hopethehusbandbehaves

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Thank you for the music. Rest well Black Stalin 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuiCvDIU2nZn_99W9INQbSSzg70igQnm2FZpo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ALWAYS & FOREVER #DaddysGirl #TheBartels https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoYH9CoOTKY1nVc1Q6Qfw5Ls_Nk6fKZzigybI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#daddysgirl #thebartels

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These are only a very small fraction of the amazing times I’ve spent with this dude. I have never been more grateful and consistently happy that I met this lame-ass dude. He is the best gift from my Lion King time. We’ve been through a lot! And have more to go. Wishing you a beautiful blessed born day @mrhume Glad you stopped not telling people your age, you should be proud of all you’ve achieved 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 always & forever #MyLamestBestieEver https://www.instagram.com/p/ClPCFnbr66gHYkncRcQ3fpMMIE1jWsnj2FxlUI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mylamestbestieever

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Haven’t posted one of these in a minute! #ShoeChronicles https://www.instagram.com/p/ClKeyGvotjy0jgSfkLwTu0IbI4IwkaNJ5dmfDY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#shoechronicles

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More life, living in crocs (yes I gave in and I have zero regrets), minding the husband. and a trip home for the big sis birthday that conveniently was T&T’s 🇹🇹 60th Independence. It was a perfect trip. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVw0H0oe6s5UroRp3BWVcb0gQvkBsHhs1d6p80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s been a minute. Life is happening and living. In The Black Fantastic @ the @hayward.gallery was BEAUTIFUL- went twice. Wore some clothes, had some times, went to a random Wild West adventure with my @curtisleescott We alive. You stay alive, too. ❤️❤️❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVv_IdIvDhQY-Nyx3yfp0tTTLYwTQIeMQaCyE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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SO RELATABLE & TRUE 🔁 • @humansofny “I’m aware of it all day, every day. We’re triggered all the time, even the best of us. On the plane ride here. I’m sitting next to a casting director from Broadway, and I asked him what he thought about a particular show. He took a long pause. So I say: ‘I guess you didn’t like it.’ And he tells me: ‘The entertainment industry is forced to put on stories from marginalized communities, even if they’re not good.’ He said that to me. As a Black person. It’s like, dude. I’m just trying to make conversation. And there it is. Suddenly I’m back in my blackness. What am I supposed to do? Do I engage? Do I turn this into a learning moment? Or do I l just let him off the hook? It’s work. That’s what it is. It’s work. That’s my challenge. To walk into a room, and not have to work mentally. To be aware of my blackness; to not forget it. But to also be present. And focused. And productive. Right now I’m at a climate change conference, and I’m one of the only Black people in the room. I’ve had decades of practice, but it still takes me five minutes. To transition. To stop worrying if people believe that I belong here. To stop feeling like a unicorn. It’s five minutes of work that nobody else in the room has to do. It’s a choice to be aware of your whiteness. It’s not a choice to be aware of your blackness. It’s the difference between going to a new upscale restaurant, and going home to Mom’s table. At Mom’s table there’s nothing to figure out. You don’t have to think about what to order. Or what you’re wearing. Or what you’re going to say. You’re at ease. That’s why people go home: so they can feel at ease.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci5CyYuIhesgKGgtTUuPcmlddZxorjebL-CP7s0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Getting to spend the big sis for her birthday. We don’t need to do a lot but just being together is sssssoooooo good. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CiA1-92OnoafQbPKwW9NWWpFdYNHfriTmQ7p4A0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy happy birthday to my big sis!!!! No other one like you. LOVE LOVE LOVE 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CiA1kWGO8ybUwV6L6yHj1f_sIv-xtoY0T3dieY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=