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So You Thinking ‘Bout Getting A PhD, Huh?

January 29, 2017June 13, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Notes from a Blackademic

B.Alexandra explains the process of earning yourself a PhD.

Tagged Academia, Career, Graduate School, PhD, PhD life, School, What I Do1 Comment

I, Once Again, Left You Without A Dope Beat To Step To

January 21, 2017February 17, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Life Lessons, Me Being Trash, The Heavy

I'm back from hiatus...again...here's some words of encouragement as a consolation.

Tagged Evelyn from the Internets, Generals, Meditation, peace, PhD, PhD life, The InnerGuide, Work3 Comments

On the Challenge of Being A Carefree Black Girl

June 16, 2016February 10, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Life Lessons, Self Esteem Uppers, SoapBox Rants

Being A Carefree Black Girl is a Choice, Not An Obligation

Tagged black women, Blackness, Carefree Black Girls, Depression, feminism, freedom, happiness, womenLeave a comment

It’s the Most Wonderful End of the Year

December 30, 2015February 17, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Boredom Busters, New Year, New Me, Self Esteem Uppers

Advice for the end of the year as we barrel toward the start of 2016

Tagged New Year, New Year New You, New Year, New Me, Renewal1 Comment

Don’t You Know That God’s Gonna Trouble The Water? [Yet Another Katrina Post]

August 16, 2015January 29, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in SoapBox Rants, The Heavy

It's Been Ten Years Since the Storm, Here's Some of The Ways I Carry It With Me

Tagged 10 year Anniversary, Emotions, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Trauma1 Comment

It’s Okay to Quit [The Breathe, Stretch, Shake, Let It Go Post]

July 6, 2015February 10, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Life Lessons, Self Esteem Uppers, SoapBox Rants, The Heavy

Sometimes you gotta tell the devil "Not Today" on a regular basis

Tagged Black Lives Matter, Checking Out, oppression, Quitting, self-care, WokenessLeave a comment

Are We Still Schmoneying for Freedom? {And other pointless inquiries}

May 23, 2015January 31, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Boredom Busters, SoapBox Rants

There's a lot of pointless questions in my head, here are some of them.

Tagged Bobby Shmurda, Questions, Schmoney, WacoLeave a comment

Society’s Dementors of Confidence [on Being Taught to Shrink Myself]

April 17, 2015February 10, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Boredom Busters, Self Esteem Uppers, SoapBox Rants

More times than not, you're taught to live for others. Here's why I'm over that perspective.

Tagged awkwardness, boys, confidence, feminism, girls, self esteem6 Comments

Last Time I Checked I Wasn’t Broken…[Why Having A Man Still Won’t Cure Me]

February 23, 2015February 10, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Life Lessons, Self Esteem Uppers, SoapBox Rants

Being "Booed Up" isn't a cure-all. Let me tell you why I'm big chilling single and happy.

Tagged attitude, black people, black women, change, feminist, loud mouthed, relationships, women5 Comments

Holiday Season is Finally Over [Or Is It?]

January 4, 2015February 10, 2017 by B. Alexandra, posted in Boredom Busters, Pointless Rants, SoapBox Rants

These are holidays I think are dumb and need to be snatched off the calendar.

Tagged Columbus Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, holidays, Valentine's Day4 Comments

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Unknown's avatarB.Alexandra is a Ph.D. in Sociology. Research interests include: Black Feminism; Race, Gender, and Religion; Sociology of Religion. Personal interests include but are not limited to: reading, writing, lifting weights, and resisting oppression. Your resident spiritual Black Feminist here with a word.

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