bougiefoodieja
@bougiefoodieja.bsky.social
Jamaican born, Citizen of the World. Passionate about reading, writing and the arts in general.
Slowly but surely we are telling our stories - www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement
Esther Phillips says her poetry’s ‘ultimate goal’ is to achieve justice for those who suffered at hands of European colonisers
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Slowly but surely we are telling our stories - www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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“Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.”
— Maya Angelou,
“Still I Rise”
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.”
— Maya Angelou,
“Still I Rise”
April 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.”
— Maya Angelou,
“Still I Rise”
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.”
— Maya Angelou,
“Still I Rise”
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The fourth full moon of the year, and the first of astronomical spring, it also happens to be a micromoon — the opposite of a supermoon — will rise on Saturday.
It will reach its peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern time.
It will reach its peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern time.
There’s a full ‘pink moon’ on Saturday night. It’s also a micromoon.
Here’s when you can view April’s full moon, the fourth of the year so far.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The fourth full moon of the year, and the first of astronomical spring, it also happens to be a micromoon — the opposite of a supermoon — will rise on Saturday.
It will reach its peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern time.
It will reach its peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern time.
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You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.
December 31, 2024 at 4:54 AM
You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.
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This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.
December 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM
This is... actually a fairly reasonable takeaway from this year.
#KingstonCreative is an initiative to bring back life to the downtown area of Kingston Jamaica. #Murals are a big part of the initiative & yesterday a #UNICEF sponsored event had children drawing on the ruins of an old bldg.
November 25, 2024 at 4:44 PM
#KingstonCreative is an initiative to bring back life to the downtown area of Kingston Jamaica. #Murals are a big part of the initiative & yesterday a #UNICEF sponsored event had children drawing on the ruins of an old bldg.
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Actually Great Power is evil, and you see that every single day.
November 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Actually Great Power is evil, and you see that every single day.
Thank you for this!!!!
Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.
November 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Thank you for this!!!!
Not an ad but they really helped
November 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Not an ad but they really helped
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This place is cute. Very demure. Very mindful.
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in front of bookshelves
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in front of bookshelves
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:56 PM
This place is cute. Very demure. Very mindful.
First time here - let's see. Need a break from the politics and confusion. Hope I have found my tribe
November 14, 2024 at 8:09 PM
First time here - let's see. Need a break from the politics and confusion. Hope I have found my tribe