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Proof that my makeup looked good at the start of the parade...let’s see how it holds up #prayingtotheweathergods #kreweofboo

Making my return to that mermaid life. #cashmeoutside behind float 8, second row, neutral ground side during #kreweofboo tonight. #sirensofneworleans #halloween #onlyinnola

Had such a great homecoming weekend at #oberlin celebrating the inauguration of our first Black (& Black woman) president, @cambar1, as well as the official renaming of our main library after #marychurchterrell! #myschoolisbetterthanyours #obiesdoitbetter #blackexcellence #mypresidentisblack #again #oberlinalumniofafricanancestry #aka #oa4

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First conference presentation done, in the beautiful National Academy of Sciences, and it went better than I could’ve expected! #iaphs #pophealth2018 #policeviolence #phdjourney #blackphds

Is it true??? 😩 I made it?? After a near melt down yesterday, it’s done! I never have to do this again 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾#comps #itsawrap #hopeipassed #is19pagesenough #theyaskedfor20 #igotnothingleft #allbullshittedout #phdjourney #blackphds #thisisacademia

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“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”

-Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower