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Alisha Tillery

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For People Who Didn’t Like ‘Love Is’

August 21, 2018 by Atillery Leave a Comment

For People Who Didn’t Like ‘Love Is’

Tonight, the Season 1 finale of Love Is, the series loosely based on Mara Brock Akil and her husband, Salim Akil’s courtship, will air tonight. For weeks we’ve gotten to see the blossoming love story of Nuri and Yasir from the bottom up, and I do mean the bottom. Viewership is great, but everyone isn’t feeling it. Hear me out. Because I believe in supporting African American ... Read More

Hello, It’s Me Again

June 19, 2018 by Atillery 1 Comment

Hello, It’s Me Again

Hello again. It’s been a while. If you only had this website to judge me by, you’d assume that I dropped off the face of the earth as a response to Tr*mp becoming president. Fast forward a whole year and a half and not only I am still alive and well, thankfully, the world hasn’t imploded. Sometimes, I think we’re on the verge. So what keeps an avid writer from posting ... Read More

America Unmasked

November 9, 2016 by Atillery 1 Comment

America Unmasked

I woke up this morning to what some would call a “bad dream.” Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. There were a lot of supposed surprises this time around, but the biggest one would be the shock from mainly whites who thought America was “better than this.” As an African American, I should and have to celebrate progress, if only for my ... Read More

Untitled

July 7, 2016 by Atillery Leave a Comment

Untitled

I have that feeling again. It's a feeling of overwhelming emotions, thoughts and questions. Then again, I also feel nothing because neither my head nor heart can comprehend the last 48 hours well.  How do you express loss, anger, confusion on paper? What do you do to help when you feel helpless? This feeling is reminiscent of the day George Zimmerman was found not guilty for ... Read More

Social Media’s Problem With Privacy

July 5, 2016 by Atillery Leave a Comment

Social Media’s Problem With Privacy

In an interview with Financial Times, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, powerhouse scholar, author and feminist, casually revealed that she’d had a baby by turning down a cocktail due to breastfeeding. Wait…She had a baby?! And she didnt tell us? (us = random strangers who are fans) *clutches pearls* Adichie says she didn’t want to “perform pregnancy,” meaning have a very public ... Read More

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