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Author: Samantha Daley

  • Echoing Ida

A New ‘Pum Pum Palitix’: Carnival and the Sex Education the Caribbean Needs

We envision a world where Carnival is celebrated, where sex positivity and pleasure are the norm.

  • Echoing Ida

My ‘treat yourself’ mentality landed me with $15,000 of debt

I was raised by a single mother who worked three jobs to provide me and my brothers with everything we needed and most of what we wanted. Growing up, there never was a large focus on financial literacy or prepping for my future. Now, I wish there had been.

  • Echoing Ida

Why I’m Delaying Motherhood Now More Than Ever

When the decision to have children occurs in a Black family, thoughts of loss and death at the hands of the state often pervade their reality.

  • Echoing Ida

The Criminal Justice System Is Failing Black Families

The criminalization of the Black community is breaking up the Black family and by doing so is perpetuating the cycles of poverty and oppression in our society.

  • Echoing Ida

Lessons from the Kitchen

Like many others, I’m sure, I was raised among many women who taught me deep and powerful life lessons.

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