Kovie Biakolo
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Everyone Is Weird
We don’t want people to know our secret quirks or what makes us feel uncomfortable; we‘re constantly putting on a show and performing our identity within certain parameters that are based on our experiences.
Why Every Girl Needs Role Models Who Look Like Her
I don’t recall if I ever wanted to be White but I recall wishing I could be lighter, which would make me closer to being White.
On Giving And Receiving Advice
“A lot of people give you advice based on their reality; not yours.”
How Obvious Should A Girl Be?
Personally, I would like to live in a world where people – both men and women – just walked up to each other and said, “Hey, I like you. Do you like me?”
Waiting By The Phone
I’ll get through dinner but only just. Eating will feel like a task.
5 Things That Would Happen On National Honesty Day
You will probably get fired.
The One Who Cares Less
I’ve often heard that people only start wanting you when they think that you don’t want them. It’s true; I’ve lived by it.
What Your Life Should Be Like
I think that human beings as a species, we struggle with the “shoulds” of life. We are raised by society to believe that life is supposed to happen a certain way.
Religion And Dating CAN Mix
Who doesn’t want forbidden fruit?
21 Signs You Are A Gym Rat
You’ve been invited to the gym’s EMPLOYEE Holiday party before.
Things Could Be Different
How do we become the difference that we want to experience?
You Don’t Deserve Me
In the end, you don’t deserve me because you couldn’t be the person I needed you to be.