grassroots, oranges, and rum cake
grassroots, oranges, and rum cake honey it’s good for twenty years, you know, and i’m lookin’ for the truth in it. granddaddy’s truck rumbling straight back into 1950 while we…
Who Owns Black Hair?
I often find myself in the Black hair shop looking for a product for my specific hair type. With a neverending range of products available, I often feel confused and…
field notes from my mother’s garden
all glory be to God– the sunrise, the stretch of the highway, the flowers atop my desk, the graveyard shift, the deep end of the pool, my favorite color. glory.…
A Slice of Life: Jollof Rice
They say home is where the heart is and, well, while many of us are Tarheels Born, Bred, and Dead, UNC isn’t truly our home. For me, home is Charlotte,…
Beyond the Letters: Life in UNC’s Divine Nine
At UNC-Chapel Hill, the Divine Nine isn’t just a group of Greek letters — it’s a legacy. These historically Black fraternities and sororities have been shaping leaders, building communities, and…
The Importance of Bad Bunny’s Halftime Performance
Both praise and criticism of the American identity sparked amid the Feb. 8 Super Bowl LX halftime show as Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny performed as the first…
Whose Sitcom Is It, Really?
You’ve most likely heard about shows like Friends or Sex and the City, with their iconic jokes, plot lines, and aesthetics cemented into pop culture. Everyone knows “We were on…
When Do White People Realize They’re White?
Having grown up in a predominantly white area, I have noticed that many of my white peers only began referring to themselves as white after leaving our area or going…
Belichick’s First Season Down
The Tar Heels fell to Duke (32-25) on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Kenan Memorial Stadium in their last home game of the season. UNC put up a commendable fight during…
Darling, no one’s writing poetry anymore.
But everybody’s on top of the trends they know who’s who and where they’re from and the newest styles and the most viral jokes when the album is dropping and…
