Uppity African Princess Lost in Palo Alto

One of my favorite bible verses, gains new meaning😂

Because our African and MENA colleagues and friends are not here. It’s that simple for most of the world. This is a white American liberal app. Which is fine, but it’s limited.

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Regular things I do in my every day life, have over my time as a professional student,taken on so much colour and depth because my understanding is so layered. It makes life…FUN! Like being educated is fun! wish we led with that more,in this anti-intellectual culture we’re currently living through.

What’s still so fascinating to me about my educational career is how much I’ve absorbed over the years. At times I worry about my long term memory but today I was watching this film about a fictional nuclear catastrophe and was able to recall international relations theories I learned in undergrad😅

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I need this dissertation to release me. Lord, I just wanna make art and think about African education😭

Paivapo…

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I knew that this multi-billion dollar institution I attend had no interest in diversity, when I attended formal events and they serve luke warm chicken, with minimal seasoning and a salad on the side. You’re lucky if there’s wine.

Ermmm is this thing on!?👀

These are trying times

It’s ok if you’re having a hard time keeping up with every single shitty thing that’s happening bc there’s a lot of it

One way to avoid overwhelm is to choose an issue you’re going to track

Be mindful as you track an issue that you don’t reinforce the idea that US lives matter more than others

Like if nothing else, I’m a results-oriented girlie with no time to waste 😂 plus by the time a personal problem of mine reaches your ears, I’ve already thought about it to death, analysed the options or a resolution is in process 🤷🏾‍♀️😬

Bringing back the worst classics alongside dysentery and measles!

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My therapists are always shook at how quickly I act after a session😂. We will cover some stuff and I’ll come back the next week, like “before we start, I have to tell you that that thing I was struggling with? Well,I tried what we discussed and here’s how it went….”😌

On Trump and the invention of white victims in South Africa Occasionally a display of racist violence is so brutal and grotesque that it forces South Africans to time travel.

"The notion that whites are suffering at the hands of Blacks in South Africa has captured international headlines for weeks now. And yet as indicated in the outlines of this story of land and poverty and racial traumas that remain unaddressed...the ghosts of apartheid roam far too freely"

Shout out to professors that create space for your intellectual growth and actually look at you in the eye.

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I presented my latest draft chapter this morning, and ladies and gentlepeople, it looks like we might have something that resembles a literature review and theoretical framework😭🙏🏾

Man, it’s so hard to be a doctoral student in these times. Watching knowledge be so fundamentally disrespected while trying to complete the most tasking academic project of your career so far is truly something. Mind you the very institutions awarding you the degree is complicit!?🫠

they know they're still privileged AF in South Africa and don't want to give that up by becoming a refugee in the US 😂

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Anyway, I faced my fears and got back to the sketch pad today. Excited about this new work and all the inspirational spirits surrounding me lately. ✨Somethings happening✨

The internet really sucks right now. It’s been sucking, but my god.

I think the fascists who are now carrying out a coup in the US have spent the last 8 years conducting a Criminal Interview of the Democratic party.

They've concluded, correctly, that the Democrats are incapable of making the mental shift required to do what's necessary to defend themselves. 5/

It’s like girl just enjoy the content, damn😂

I know that social media is divided into people who can handle being perceived, and monitoring spirits. But my god there’s somebody on my Instagram stories who I am ready to block cz she can’t just enjoy the stories, always weighing in on some slick hater energy ish😬

One of the benefits of being grown is learning to form and stick to your opinion. I’m really enjoying honing my own tastes for food, music, tv and fashion, without needing anybody’s validation. As in if I like it, I like it!🤷🏾‍♀️…It’s like puberty but funner!😂

She’s Gotta Have It (the remake on Netflix) has such a special place in my heart ♥️

And by random I mean kunyanya varungu😅

I’m being followed by a whole bunch of the most random accounts (to me) on this platform 🤔? Is that just how it works here or what?