Sorry, you can not live through Latto's light skin.

there's things we're not saying.

Mar 22 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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December 2025

growing up a Kwanzaa kid.

Every year, this time of year it’s time for me to come out as super-duper black and reveal to someone I celebrate Kwanzaa.

Dec 27, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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August 2025

What is there left to say?

a free written poem.

Aug 13, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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June 2025

Do single mothers remind you of the you you're trying to forget?

Single mothers are ridiculed beyond comprehension.

Jun 28, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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May 2025

Bigotry is death-avoidant.

We are ALL going to die.

May 22, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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8

How do you mourn not being able to save the world?

We all are bombarded.

May 4, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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April 2025

The fresh air of being a nobody.

I was seventeen in an afterschool poetry workshop when the class instructor asked us to ten minute freewrite about fears.

Apr 19, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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I don't like shy people.

being shy is a choice.

Apr 16, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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Hayao Miyazaki, AI art and the Desire for Instant Praise.

Hayao Miyazaki is trending around social media for the absolutely most irritating reason ever.

Apr 1, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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2

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March 2025

You're not sad babygirl, you're angry as hell

Over the past few years, I’ve morphed into a big sister for younger friends and girlies online.

Mar 9, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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films for when you're seeking tenderness pt. one

sometimes we need to watch something that will hug us.

Mar 4, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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February 2025

The Loneliness of Having Hope

I have hope.

Feb 28, 2025 • aliyyaa maya 🪷

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