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Astroland: The Blog
Sadly the previous Astroland got ruined by Wordpress and I couldn't get it back. Womp womp. I have some super rough drafts of some of the writing I'd posted there which are posted below (it may take a bit for them to load). These were the drafts I wrote in Evernote antes de moving them to Astroland and cleaning them up. I'm NOT going to edit them now because I don't want to go back. I'd rather eventually write some new things! One other cool thing: this is my OG blog on Tumblr!I can't believe it's still up!
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I Get this Question Often re: Queen Prophetess Octavia Butler
I get this question often. It usually goes something like this? Q: tamia, I want to place an order from Frugal's today and was thinking...
tamia jordan
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing Many people are surprised to learn that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written as a poem. Created by...
tamia jordan
Nov 5, 20202 min read
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From They Are We
If I return home without my soul, it's because I left my soul in Africa. I'm not afraid of that. "Materially, they don't have much,...
tamia jordan
Nov 5, 20201 min read
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Belafonte: A Beautiful Fountain
3/10/14 There were no shortage of great moments on last Thursday evening March 6, 2014. On that night Berklee College of Music honored...
tamia jordan
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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Akwaaba
10/1/16 There are some wounds only Africa can heal. –nayyirah waheed, salt In January 2016, the Berklee student club turned nonprofit...
tamia jordan
Oct 1, 20169 min read
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Back in MA healing message update September 2016
Hello Everyone - My apologies to folks who've contacted me in the past few days. I am back in MA (more on this shortly) and the last few...
tamia jordan
Sep 25, 20163 min read
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So many amazing, almost unbelievable, things: Ghana, The White House, Berklee MLK Celebration 2016
1/13/16 Hello friends and family and friends who are family Happy Happy HAPPY New Year! I know this will be our best one yet. So many...
tamia jordan
Jan 13, 20162 min read
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Fill in the Blank: A Poem
Dear mama: You gave me life I will forever be your baby, your big boy, your little man, your young man, your son You felt my first kick...
tamia jordan
Aug 16, 20151 min read
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Meeting MHP
unedited. Where do I begin?! I guess I'll begin by copy and pasting my Facebook post about my experience on last night. To quote myself,...
tamia jordan
Oct 23, 20145 min read
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I FINALLY figured out the real lesson.
10/12/14 I share this here because a few weeks ago, when I was feeling low, a friend said to me that he's sure I "learned something from...
tamia jordan
Oct 12, 20143 min read
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Hackensack, NJ in Popular Culture
The town was home to the original Van Gelder recording studio at 25 Prospect Avenue[137] where the jazz musicians Sonny...
tamia jordan
Dec 12, 20131 min read
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Until that time comes…
Omitted from that mini list is another such moment that I cannot forget. I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, what I was...
tamia jordan
Nov 23, 20133 min read
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Thank God for the Dream Defenders
About the Dream Defenders: Like SNCC activists in the early 1960s, the Dream Defenders risked their academic futures, arrest, and...
tamia jordan
Nov 18, 20134 min read
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My Endo March
Wanting to act but not knowing how, I wrote to Valarie and she graciously wrote me back. In our exchange we talked about our excitement...
tamia jordan
Nov 5, 20136 min read
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Six Songs of Me
Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading....
tamia jordan
Jan 2, 20131 min read
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Thoughts from The Wire: The Underclass on Martha's Vineyard
Earlier in the week I went to Martha's Vineyard with my bf for a few days. While we waited for the Steamship Authority in Falmouth, my bf...
tamia jordan
Aug 19, 20123 min read
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Beastie Boys: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
So I'm writing today because my heart has been crazy heavy since Adam Yauch, best known as MCA, of the Beastie Boys passed just a few...
tamia jordan
Jun 12, 20123 min read
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Girl Meets World
Jan 9, 2012 You do your thing and I do my thing. You are you and I am I. And, if, in the end, we end up together, it’s beautiful....
tamia jordan
Jan 9, 20124 min read
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