Monthly Archives: August 2011

I truly believe that we are the product on our environment. Hence, I refuse to put myself in a box (as pretty and comfortable as it might be for you and me) because of my “Brownness”. Neither my complexion nor hair texture truly defines who I really am as an individual. Occasionally, most of theContinue reading “Keeping it Real”

I miss France & Europe, and lately I have been glamorizing about my mother’s land the way Americans do, which is the way French (and non New Yorkers) think of New York City from watching Sex and the city, which is uncanny…  I randomly fantasize about going back to France but then I have to reconsider:Continue reading “#ItIsWhatItIs”

“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Audre Lorde I guess I am not what y’all were expected. I usually get one of the two reactions when I disclose that I am from France: “nan, you’re not!”  or “oh really?”. Then I haveContinue reading “Intro: Where Are You From?”