July 2020
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in InterviewsWhy Black Men Need to Speak Up About Their Health
Wadnes Castelly is making big waves within the media industry as a Client Solutions Partner at Spotify. We met and bonded over repping Haiti big during our internship program… (shout out to the T. Howard Foundation!) We met up on a very chilly winter day in midtown Manhattan. Wadnes was kind enough to travel from […] More
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When It’s Time to Cut the Cord on COVID-19 News
If you are like me (stuck inside….studying for most of the day…wondering when this is all going to come to an end), you more than likely find yourself tuning into the news more than you usually do. Pre-COVID19, The Skimm was enough for me in the morning or maybe a quick recap from the New […] More
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How To Become More Comfortable With Your Physician
My pediatrician has been in my life since I made my grand entrance into this world. In short, that’s my sis. She’s the person who has counseled me through the awkward puberty stages all the way into my first few years of college. But, then I turned 20 and I was told that I had […] More
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How Black Millennials Are Reimagining The Health Of Their Communities
This interview was recorded in November 2018. Bianca Duah is Staten Island’s finest. Point Blank Period. Hailing from Park Hill, Staten Island (Wu-Tang Clan stand up!), Bianca was one of the first people I met during admitted students day at Brown University. We bonded over our love for being Black girls who love a good […] More
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Three Therapists to Follow to Boost Your Black Girl Magic
As black millennial women, there are a few things that make our day: moisturized skin, laid edges, seeing another Black woman win, and of course, a good word. Some of us get that word from our place of worship, a good talk with another Black queen, or when our therapist drags the living hell of […] More
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Why Black Millennials Are Going Beyond Bath Bombs For Self Care
This interview was recorded in January 2019. Walking into Stumptown Roasters, Andrea sips on a drink and delicately pulls apart her croissant while discussing her outfit. Her brightly colored orange sweater needed a pop (a little something! A je ne sais quois!) to make the outfit work so she placed a similarly colored turtleneck underneath […] More
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Five Things Health-Conscious Black Millennials Should Ask Themselves By 25
On May 16, 2019, I turned 25 years old (where are all my stubborn Tauruses at?!) and I started to realize that this aging thing is and never was a game. Like the infamous Dr. Tykeia Robinson, Ph.D. of Gettin’ Grown podcast once said: “adulthood is the worst hood I’ve ever been to.” I suppose […] More
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A Black Millennial’s Mental Health Guide to Social Distancing
Uncle Andrew Cuomo got on the TV the other day and told me that I might have to stay in the house for nine months because of the Coronavirus. Coronavirus. COVID-19. The Rona. Miss Rona. This virus goes by many names but she sure is turning the world upside down and inside out. So, let’s […] More
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How To Survive As The ‘Only One’ In The Office
Dakotah is your future CEO, hedge fund manager, influencer, model…y’all get the picture. He’s dope and you should get to know him. Dakotah and I met during freshman year while moving into our dorms (we lived on the same floor!). Once I met Dakotah, I knew I was either looking at the future CEO of […] More
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Three Strangely Effective Home Remedies from The Elders and Why They Work
Growing up in a Haitian-American home, the home remedies for sickness were pages and pages long. My mom would reach for the spice cabinet as much as a medicine cabinet when I caught a cold. As a kid, I couldn’t wait until I was a real adult so I could stop downing cod liver oil […] More
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Applying to Graduate School? You Don’t Have To Sacrifice Your Blackness or Your Health
Hannah is the personal project queen. While For Black Health was simply a sketch, Hannah dropped her natural hair blog, Quirk Queen, while in college. She has since moved on to her next big project, Awks Podcast, with her cousin, Bianca Duah. In 2016, Hannah graduated from Brown University with a degree in Science and […] More
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How to Efficiently Search for a Therapist as a Black Millennial
We are going through a lot right now. Dare I say this is the most unique situation our community has ever been through? COVID-19 is killing our people. Cops are killing our people. We keep getting these well-intentioned (but also very emotionally charged) check-ins from people we haven’t heard from in months (maybe years?). And […] More
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