Growing up as a child of Haitians living in the States can sometimes feel a little strange. Like any first generation American, you have one foot in the country you and your family moved to and the other back home. […]
Growing up, ushering in a new year meant spending all day at church fasting until midnight (don’t ask) and then gorging ourselves on soup joumou. Haitian soup joumou, or pumpkin/squash soup, is the signature dish of Haitians on January 1. […]
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi I’ve read a lot of YA fantasy. A lot. So much so that there are times when they all jumble together into one epic tale that I can’t quite distinguish from one […]
Something that you might not know about me is that I used to write poems. Lots of poems. I wrote about everything and nothing: being Haitian, whatever random topic my childhood best friend and I would choose to tackle, my […]
You know what time it is: “The Bachelorette” Episode 2 Recap! Let’s break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the week. The Good Copper, the dog Not only is Rachel the best bachelorette in the franchise’s history (not […]
You may not know her name, but you definitely know her work. Ann Shoket was Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen magazine from 2007 to 2014, and is at least partially responsible for you being the young woman you are today. I mean, […]