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What Healthy Femininity and Masculinity Looks Like (Not the Cultural Version)
Read More: What Healthy Femininity and Masculinity Looks Like (Not the Cultural Version)Islam never taught control, emotional suppression, or silence as strength. It taught balance, mercy, responsibility, and mutual respect. Healthy masculinity in Islam looks like protection without domination and leadership rooted in service. Healthy femininity looks like compassion with dignity and emotional wisdom without self-erasure. Much of what people experience today…
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My Faith Is Not a Spectacle
Read More: My Faith Is Not a SpectacleA personal reflection on how extremism and media narratives harm Muslims, distort Islam, and turn a deeply peaceful faith into a public spectacle.
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Reading Beauty Sick as a Muslim Woman: A Book Review
Read More: Reading Beauty Sick as a Muslim Woman: A Book ReviewIn the book Beauty Sick, Renee Engeln talks about how modern society’s obsession with physical appearance slowly chips away at our self-worth, mental health, and even our ability to focus on what actually matters. From magazine covers to social media influencers, we’re constantly surrounded by “perfect” bodies and faces, most…
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One Battle After Another (2025) Film Review
Read More: One Battle After Another (2025) Film ReviewThis film moves across two time periods and focuses on the aftermath of a radical resistance movement after it’s been dismantled. It’s less about the movement itself and more about what’s left behind, the people, the damage, and the systems that quietly survive it. It opens very strong. The very…
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Visiting Ireland For The First Time: One of the Best Summers of My Life
Read More: Visiting Ireland For The First Time: One of the Best Summers of My LifeAn Ireland travel blog sharing one of the best summer trips, Dublin celebrations, Donegal glamping, Lough Eske Castle, Arranmore Island and Belfast.
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Choosing a Slower Life in a World Obsessed With Hustle
Read More: Choosing a Slower Life in a World Obsessed With HustleI was made to believe success meant constantly pushing harder and never slowing down. Hustle culture made exhaustion feel normal, even admirable. But I’m in a different season now, one where peace, health, slow growth, and community come first. This post is about breaking free from burnout, reconnecting with nature,…
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I Love Being a Mother, But It’s Harder Than I Ever Expected
Read More: I Love Being a Mother, But It’s Harder Than I Ever ExpectedMotherhood is beautiful, but it’s also overwhelming in ways no one really prepares you for. As a stay-at-home mom, stepmom, and holistic practitioner, I’m learning to hold gratitude and exhaustion at the same time, embracing the mess, the noise, the loss of freedom, and the deep love that comes with…
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The Studio TV Show Review: Growing Up With Seth Rogen and Revisiting My Love for Film
Read More: The Studio TV Show Review: Growing Up With Seth Rogen and Revisiting My Love for FilmI grew up on Seth Rogen’s movies, so watching The Studio felt like growing up alongside him in real time. What I expected to be a simple comedy turned into a funny, honest, and nostalgic look at Hollywood that brought me straight back to my film school days and the…
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Nothing Exposes Ego Like Social Media
Read More: Nothing Exposes Ego Like Social MediaI don’t know why people still act shocked when couples who constantly post perfect, curated, “so in love” photos end up breaking up. Most of the time, the signs are right there. The more something needs to be proven online, the more fragile it usually is in real life. Healthy…
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The Red Flags Most People Miss When Choosing a Holistic School
Read More: The Red Flags Most People Miss When Choosing a Holistic SchoolOver the last few years, I’ve enrolled in three different holistic education programs, clinical herbalism, Ayurveda, and wellness coaching. People ask me all the time which school they should go to to become a holistic practitioner. I always wish I had an easy answer, but the truth is, holistic education…
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The Clarity I Never Had Until My BPD Diagnosis Was Re-Evaluated
Read More: The Clarity I Never Had Until My BPD Diagnosis Was Re-EvaluatedFor a long time, I truly believed I had Borderline Personality Disorder. Not because it deeply resonated with me, but because a therapist gave me that label when I was raw, heartbroken, confused, and just trying to understand why my emotions felt so big and overwhelming in my body. About…
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Blink Twice (2024) – Film Review
Read More: Blink Twice (2024) – Film ReviewIt’s been a while since a movie really caught my attention, but Blink Twice is one of the few recent releases that genuinely stands out. In a year full of remakes and predictable thrillers, Blink Twice actually has a pulse. It has intention. It has something to say. The film seduces you…
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My Daughter Didn’t Mean to Hurt Me, But the World Already Did
Read More: My Daughter Didn’t Mean to Hurt Me, But the World Already DidWhen my biracial daughter told me she thinks “bright” skin is more beautiful, it opened a much deeper conversation about colorism, media influence, and how early beauty standards take root, even in children.
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How Movies Taught Me to Romanticize Chaos (And How I’m Unlearning It)
Read More: How Movies Taught Me to Romanticize Chaos (And How I’m Unlearning It)Movies made me creative and empathetic, but they also taught me to crave emotional highs and romanticize instability. Here’s how cinema shaped my relationships, nervous system, and healing journey.
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What to Pack in Your Airport Travel Bag: The Essentials
Read More: What to Pack in Your Airport Travel Bag: The EssentialsWe just got back from Saudi Arabia, which meant a very long journey with multiple flights, long hours in airports, and a lot of physical and emotional energy being used. On trips like this, having the right essentials isn’t about convenience, it’s about staying regulated. If I don’t have these…
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Is V a Hero, a Terrorist, or a Product of Trauma?
Read More: Is V a Hero, a Terrorist, or a Product of Trauma?Rewatching V for Vendetta after the events of October 7 made the film feel less like dystopian fiction and more like a moral mirror. The story forces us to confront a difficult question that feels painfully relevant right now: are resistance movements heroes, terrorists, or products of trauma and prolonged…
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Exploring Costa Rica as a Herbalist: A Day at El Arca Jardín Botánico
Read More: Exploring Costa Rica as a Herbalist: A Day at El Arca Jardín BotánicoIf you ever find yourself in Costa Rica and you’re into herbal medicine, El Arca Jardín Botánico is a must-visit spot that beautifully blends nature, healing, good food, and breathtaking views. El Arca Jardín Botánico is a beautiful botanical garden tucked away in Santa Bárbara de Heredia, home to a wide variety…
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The Menu (2022) Film Review
Read More: The Menu (2022) Film ReviewI did not expect to love The Menu as much as I did. It is so unhinged, hilarious and honestly kind of cathartic. This is not a food movie. It’s a movie about power, entitlement, and the absurdity of people who confuse taste with worth. I thought it was so…
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Getting Beyond the Baby Blues
Read More: Getting Beyond the Baby BluesI remember the day I found out I was pregnant. I had been dealing with painful cramps for days and, like I often do, my mind jumped straight to worst-case scenarios. I was convinced it was something serious, maybe pelvic inflammatory disease. When I went to the doctor, the nurse…
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Loving Music and Choosing Islam: A Tension I Still Live With
Read More: Loving Music and Choosing Islam: A Tension I Still Live WithIslam discourages music not because sound itself is evil, but because of what it can do to the heart. In Islamic tradition, anything that distracts from remembrance of Allah, inflames desire, or pulls a person away from presence and accountability is treated with caution. Music, especially when it becomes constant…
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Husna Vacations Muslim Workcation in the Bahamas Review
Read More: Husna Vacations Muslim Workcation in the Bahamas ReviewI finally got the chance to experience a Husna Vacations retreat in the Bahamas for the Global Muslim Workcation at the Breezes Superclub and honestly, it was exactly the kind of trip I didn’t know I needed. I’ve traveled a lot, but there’s something different about being surrounded by people…
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Stepmotherhood in a High-Conflict Co-Parenting Dynamic
Read More: Stepmotherhood in a High-Conflict Co-Parenting DynamicAn honest reflection on stepmotherhood, blended family stress, and navigating difficult co-parenting dynamics while keeping children at the center.
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Ramy (2019-2022) TV Show Review
Read More: Ramy (2019-2022) TV Show ReviewWhen I first watched the first season of Ramy, I wasn’t Muslim.I didn’t know I would become one a few months later either. I watched it as an outsider. Curious, observant, but emotionally detached, or so I thought. Looking back, I wasn’t detached at all. I just didn’t have the…
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Beginner Gardening Tips I Wish I Knew Sooner
Read More: Beginner Gardening Tips I Wish I Knew SoonerGardening looks simple… until you actually try it. You buy the plants. You water them faithfully. You check on them every morning like they’re your babies. And somehow… they still struggle. When I first started gardening, I honestly thought effort was enough. If I cared enough, watered enough, watched enough,…
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Cells at Work Review: The Anime That Made Anatomy More Enjoyable To Learn
Read More: Cells at Work Review: The Anime That Made Anatomy More Enjoyable To LearnI’ve always learned better through media than textbooks. Watching Cells at Work anime helped me visualize immunity, inflammation, and physiology in a way traditional anatomy study never did and it changed how I see the intelligence of the body.
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What the Health (Netflix 2017) Documentary Review
Read More: What the Health (Netflix 2017) Documentary ReviewWhat the Health wants you to believe it’s exposing hidden truths about nutrition. It isn’t. It’s pure vegan propaganda, wrapped in a documentary format. The film starts with a conclusion and works backward to justify it. Meat is bad. Eggs are bad. Dairy is bad. Animal foods are positioned as…
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Don’t Look Up Netflix Film (2021) – My Thoughts
Read More: Don’t Look Up Netflix Film (2021) – My ThoughtsI finally watched Don’t Look Up on Netflix and honestly, I loved it and it feels so real and honest. The film shows how easily society can be manipulated, how government turns into theater, and how truth gets buried under media noise and public distraction.
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Elite Season 1 Watched Through a Muslim Lens
Read More: Elite Season 1 Watched Through a Muslim LensLet’s be honest, Elite is chaotic, morally unhinged, and clearly written by people who think shock value equals depth. And yet… it works. I genuinely enjoyed watching it. Elite is a Spanish thriller-drama about three working-class teens who enter an ultra-wealthy private school after a scholarship program throws them into a…
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When Women Fight Each Other Instead of Holding Men Accountable
Read More: When Women Fight Each Other Instead of Holding Men AccountableSomething I keep noticing in different times of my life, and something I reflected on heavily in therapy the other day, is how quickly women turn against other women… while the man in the situation walks away untouched. A man will lie, cheat, manipulate, disrespect and somehow another woman becomes…
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) Film Review
Read More: Inglourious Basterds (2009) Film ReviewInglourious Basterds is not a war film. It doesn’t pretend to be responsible, educational, or historically faithful. And that’s exactly why it works. Quentin Tarantino isn’t interested in accuracy, he’s interested in emotional revenge. His favorite trope. This is a film about power, humiliation, storytelling, and what it feels like to…
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The Messy, Beautiful, and Confusing First Year of Becoming Muslim
Read More: The Messy, Beautiful, and Confusing First Year of Becoming MuslimFor my one-year anniversary of becoming Muslim, I figured I’d finally sit down and write about what this first year has actually been like. I’m currently bored out of my mind in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina, pregnant and feeling like this baby in my belly is…
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The Warehouse Job That Looked Perfect From the Outside
Read More: The Warehouse Job That Looked Perfect From the OutsideWhat looked like a dream warehouse job, free concert tickets, generous perks, and a wealthy, seemingly kind owner, slowly revealed a hidden system of favoritism and unspoken social classes. From working the warehouse floor to managing returns, I witnessed firsthand how power, proximity, and privilege shaped who truly benefited.
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What Led Me to Islam: Trauma, Solitude, and a Turning Point
Read More: What Led Me to Islam: Trauma, Solitude, and a Turning PointI came to Islam during one of the lowest points in my life. During the COVID lockdown, everything slowed down. I didn’t realize how much I had been distracting myself until I couldn’t anymore. Having more time on your hands can make you think about your past more than you…
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Snowpiercer (2013) – A Film Review
Read More: Snowpiercer (2013) – A Film ReviewWhy Snowpiercer is one of my favorite dystopian sci-fi films. A breakdown of its cinematography, editing, characters, and symbolism, and why this brutal train rebellion still feels relevant today.
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The Beach (2003) Film Review
Read More: The Beach (2003) Film ReviewThe Beach follows Richard, a young American backpacker traveling through Thailand who stumbles upon a secret island community living off the grid, untouched by tourists, money, or modern life. What begins as a dream of freedom and belonging slowly reveals itself to be something far darker, a closed system where idealism,…
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Sisters, Growing Pains, and Finding Our Own Homes
Read More: Sisters, Growing Pains, and Finding Our Own HomesLately, I’ve been thinking a lot about sisterhood, and how strange it feels when the people you once shared every corner of your life with suddenly aren’t under the same roof anymore. Three sisters, all creatives, all with the same slightly dramatic, slightly introverted, deeply imaginative personalities. Growing up in…
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The Message (1976) Film Review
Read More: The Message (1976) Film ReviewI just finished watching The Message earlier this morning, and I wasn’t expecting it to hit me the way it did. I’m currently up in the woods in North Carolina at a cabin with my husband and he recommended we watch it together since I’ve never seen it. He recommends…
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Why I Stopped Hot Yoga and Fell in Love With Aerial Yoga
Read More: Why I Stopped Hot Yoga and Fell in Love With Aerial YogaI was really into hot yoga at first. The heat felt incredible, like my body was finally melting after years of holding tension. My muscles would loosen in a way they rarely do, and when I stepped out of the studio and the fresh air hit my face, the contrast…
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How The Social Network Keeps You Hooked: A Film Review
Read More: How The Social Network Keeps You Hooked: A Film ReviewThis was one of the most exciting films to come out of the 2010s,. On paper, a movie about the creation of Facebook and the fight over who actually owned it should’ve been boring. I honestly expected it to be like that. But it completely blew me away. There are…
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Terrace House Japan: The Coziest, Messiest, Most Human Reality Show Ever Made (Super Long Review)
Read More: Terrace House Japan: The Coziest, Messiest, Most Human Reality Show Ever Made (Super Long Review)Terrace House is a Japanese reality TV series that follows six strangers, usually three men and three women, who live together in a shared house. There’s no prize money, no forced eliminations, and no scripted challenges. Instead, the show focuses on everyday life, relationships, friendships, and personal growth as the…
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Why I Find Japan’s Mask Culture Really Beautiful
Read More: Why I Find Japan’s Mask Culture Really BeautifulOne thing I’ve always quietly admired about Japan is how normal wearing a mask is. Not because of fear.Not because of rules.Not because someone told them to. But because it’s considerate. If you have a cold, you wear a mask.If your allergies are acting up, you wear a mask.If you’re…
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Memoirs of a Geisha: My Film Review
Read More: Memoirs of a Geisha: My Film ReviewMemoirs of a Geisha has been one of my favorite movies for as long as I can remember. Every time I rewatch it, it hits me the same way. The storytelling, the cinematography, the acting, everything feels intentional and deeply emotional. It’s one of those films where every scene feels…
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VR, Quarantine, and Making the Best of It
Read More: VR, Quarantine, and Making the Best of It2020 feels so unreal right now. It really feels like the world has slowed down, maybe even stopped. We’re home all the time now due to the quarantine that’s just been sanctioned. Isolated from society. Extremely bored. My best friend just bought me a VR headset a few weeks prior,…
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Why Women With Big Hearts Attract Men With Unhealed Trauma (DV Content Warning)
Read More: Why Women With Big Hearts Attract Men With Unhealed Trauma (DV Content Warning)Content Warning: This post discusses domestic violence, emotional abuse, childhood trauma, and near-lethal situations. Please read with care, and only if you feel grounded and safe enough to engage with these themes. I don’t remember much of my childhood in detail, but I do remember the overall environment. My parents were…
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The Side Effects They Don’t Tell You About: What Long-Term Benzos and Adderall Use Can Really Do to You
Read More: The Side Effects They Don’t Tell You About: What Long-Term Benzos and Adderall Use Can Really Do to YouFor years, the mental health industry has sold us this idea that a pill is the fastest way out of our pain. A shortcut. A lifeline. A chemical solution for emotional problems that were often created by our environment, our trauma, our relationships, and our lifestyle. And when we’re desperate,…
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How My Love for Film Started
Read More: How My Love for Film StartedMy love for film started when I was a child, long before I ever understood what filmmaking even was. Growing up, we had movie nights every Friday. It was a whole ritual, the popcorn, VHS rentals, the excitement of picking something new at Blockbuster. My parents worked a lot and…
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Film Review
Read More: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Film ReviewEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the rare sci-fi stories that has nothing to do with space or technology. Instead, it dives straight into the emotional architecture of the human mind. The film follows Joel and Clementine as they undergo a procedure to erase each other from…
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American Honey (2016) Film Review
Read More: American Honey (2016) Film ReviewAmerican Honey isn’t a feel-good road trip movie. It’s a portrait of lost youth with no safety net. The screenwriter Andrea Arnold strips the American dream down to its bones and shows what’s left when guidance, stability, and protection are missing. This is freedom born from neglect, not choice. The film is…
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I’m Letting Go of the Idea of Filmmaking
Read More: I’m Letting Go of the Idea of FilmmakingI’m giving up on the filmmaking stuff. Not because I don’t love it. But because I don’t feel like I can survive it. I’ve been through a lot these past few years. More than I think I’ve even fully processed. And right now, I just feel too sad to be…
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Shameless (2012 – ) TV Series Review
Read More: Shameless (2012 – ) TV Series ReviewDon’t get me wrong, Shameless is freaking hilarious. But it’s also stressful. Loud. Triggering. Not because I grew up like this, but because I’ve seen these dynamics up close. In people. In families. In the way adults avoid responsibility and kids quietly adapt. Shameless follows the Gallagher family, a group of siblings growing…
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ClassPass, Yoga, and Finding My Calm in This City
Read More: ClassPass, Yoga, and Finding My Calm in This CityMiami is loud, fast, colorful, chaotic, and distracting. Yoga is the opposite. It’s the only place where I’m not thinking about anything else, not my phone, not my to-do list, nothing. Just breath, heat, music, and movement. Lately I’ve been using ClassPass to hop around different yoga studios all over…
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Anima (2019) – Experimental Film Review
Read More: Anima (2019) – Experimental Film ReviewWatching Anima gave me goosebumps. It’s art. Disturbingly beautiful art. Anima is a Netflix Original short film, currently streaming on Netflix, with a runtime of just under 15 minutes. I’ve been a longtime fan of Thom Yorke, his music has always felt like it understands emotional confusion better than words…
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The Hardest Truth Therapy Made Me Face Today
Read More: The Hardest Truth Therapy Made Me Face TodayI just walked out of therapy and I feel very unsettled right now. The entire session came down to one thing I really didn’t want to accept. Some people will hurt you and they genuinely do not care. They don’t sit with it. They don’t feel the weight. They don’t lose…
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Unfck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper (Book Review)
Read More: Unfck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper (Book Review)Honestly I’m really in my self-help books era right now. I’m craving anything that helps me understand my mind, my patterns, my healing, and the way my past still echoes through my present. What struck me most is how compassionate the book is. It doesn’t treat you like you’re broken or weak. Unfck…
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My Experience at the Cirque du Soleil LOVE Show in Vegas
Read More: My Experience at the Cirque du Soleil LOVE Show in VegasThere are some experiences that stay with you long after the room goes dark, and for me, the Cirque du Soleil LOVE show in Las Vegas is one of them. It was a mind bending sensory experience that felt bigger than entertainment. It felt like stepping inside a dream. I…
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The Dreamers (2003) – French New Wave Cinema
Read More: The Dreamers (2003) – French New Wave CinemaSynopsis: A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the ‘68 Paris student riots. I’ve always been deeply drawn to French cinema even as a child, and honestly I’m not a plot-driven viewer, I’m an atmosphere,…
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Scarface (1983) – My Film Review
Read More: Scarface (1983) – My Film ReviewI’m not usually a fan of violent or crime-related films. I’m actually anti-violence unless it’s in the context of fighting oppression. But Scarface is one of my biggest exceptions, and honestly, one of my favorite films as a film buff. There’s something about it that goes beyond the blood, beyond…
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Why I Can’t Connect With Christianity
Read More: Why I Can’t Connect With ChristianityI grew up technically Catholic. I was baptized, did communion, all of that, but my parents were pretty secular. We were Catholic by name, not really by practice. I mean I could how many times I’ve been to church using one hand. Around 25, I started dating a Christian guy…
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My Favorite Black Mirror Episodes of Season 3
Read More: My Favorite Black Mirror Episodes of Season 3I really love the science fiction genre and my taste in sci-fi is actually very distinct just like everything else about me. The tech-heavy or hard-science side of the genre really bores me unless it’s character-driven with romance arcs and plenty of other elements to give it more personality. What…
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The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle – Book Review
Read More: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle – Book ReviewI’m currently reading this book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle which centers on living in the present moment to find peace and emphasizing that things like anxiety and worry comes from dwelling on the past or future, and that true self is consciousness beyond the constant mind chatter.…
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My Experience at a Filmmaker Bootcamp in Downtown Miami
Read More: My Experience at a Filmmaker Bootcamp in Downtown MiamiA lot of the people I look up to in the film world didn’t attend film school, , and honestly, that always made sense to me. In film school, you’re usually learning from people who have never actually completed their own film, which always bothered me. Along with the performance…
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My 23andMe DNA Results: A Deep Dive Into My Ancestry🧬
Read More: My 23andMe DNA Results: A Deep Dive Into My Ancestry🧬My best friend had bought me a 23andMe DNA kit for my 27th birthday and and honestly… it was wild seeing my genetic story laid out in charts, colors, and timelines. I always knew I was mixed, but seeing the exact regions and generations mapped out felt like opening a…
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Crashing (2016) UK TV Series Review
Read More: Crashing (2016) UK TV Series ReviewCrashing is about a group of twenty-somethings living together as property guardians in a massive, abandoned hospital. So British lol they’re broke, directionless, emotionally messy, and way too close to each other for comfort. Basically: chaos with thin walls. It’s short, fast, awkward in the best way, and painfully funny. Every…
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Misfits (2009) – UK TV Series Review
Read More: Misfits (2009) – UK TV Series ReviewMisfits follows a group of young adults who are forced to do community service together until a strange electrical storm strikes the city and suddenly gives them superpowers, but not the glamorous kind. Their powers reflect their deepest insecurities: invisibility, mind-reading, uncontrollable sexuality, time reversal, rage. Instead of turning them into…
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Kill Bill – An Unexpected Childhood Classic for Me
Read More: Kill Bill – An Unexpected Childhood Classic for MeKill Bill was one of those movies I never expected to love as much as I did. As a kid, I didn’t fully understand all the symbolism, the genre-blending, or the emotional weight behind The Bride’s story but it was really cool for it’s time and there was definitely something…
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Film Review
Read More: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Film ReviewA lot of us idolized Holly before we understood her. When you’re younger, she looks like freedom. No rules. No roots. Beautiful, desired, unattached. She answers to no one. She floats through life on her own terms. That kind of woman feels powerful when you’re still learning how painful attachment can…
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Grieving a Friendship That Wasn’t Healthy
Read More: Grieving a Friendship That Wasn’t HealthyI’m writing this because I feel heartbroken. I just cut off one of my long-term best friends, and even though it had to be done, I still feel terrible about it. We met as kids at Norwood Elementary, right off 19th Street and 14th Court in Miami Gardens. From the…
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Curly Hair Gang: How I Take Care of My 3C Curly Hair
Read More: Curly Hair Gang: How I Take Care of My 3C Curly HairIf you have 3C curls, you already know this, your hair has a personality. Some days it cooperates. Some days it absolutely does not. And a lot of what I learned about my curls came from trial, error, and ignoring advice that clearly wasn’t made for my hair type. I’ve…
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Enter The Void (2009) Film Review
Read More: Enter The Void (2009) Film ReviewSet in the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer, and his sister Linda, who works as a stripper. They are emotionally fused by shared childhood trauma and an unspoken promise to never abandon each other. Early in the film, Oscar smokes DMT, a…
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Mass Effect Sci Fi RPG Video Game Review
Read More: Mass Effect Sci Fi RPG Video Game ReviewI discovered Mass Effect almost ten years after its first release. I wasn’t looking for a video game to play per se. I was writing sci-fi stories at the time and wanted some inspiration when it came to world-building, something immersive enough to pull me into another world for a…
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Film Review
Read More: Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Film ReviewThe film follows a married couple, Bill (a doctor) and Alice Harford (a housewife). On the surface, they look like they’re doing well, until the party. A lavish, glittering night where small cracks start to show. Bill flirts comfortably with two models, almost on autopilot, while Alice lingers on the dance…
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