If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? For my generation, Black GenX, we first heard and started using the word back in the early 2000s. It was the Black consciousness singers Erykah Badu and Georgia Anne Muldrow who first said it in their 2008 collaboration on …read more.

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? The biggest challenge I will have in the next six months is passing my classes. I have a hard time paying attention to things, on top of, I feel like some of the classes I’m taking are unnecessary because I’ll never actually …read more.

I don’t have a dream home because it’s so far out of reach. A home here in NY costs a minimum of $1.5M.

I am not big on candy, because it’s just not a food of choice for me. Sure I have some occasionally but I just don’t see the point of it. Hear me out.

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. An attraction that is only a few miles from me that I’ve never gotten around to visiting is the Statue of Liberty. Even when I lived in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where I could literally see her every time I …read more.

List five things you do for fun. Five things I do for fun are: I can only think of 3. The last 2 would be things that I used to do, but I hardly ever do anymore, which are playing the cello, doing yoga, and drawing, so can’t really call them “for fun”.

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? If I could make my cat Sasha understand one thing, it would be that I hate her whining and grumbling. She’s a Siamese cat, and she doesn’t do much meowing, she’s actually mostly silent, but when she wants something she can’t have …read more.

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. My first name is Eve. I don’t know its roots but supposedly Eve was Adam’s wife in the Garden of Eden. Rumor has it, she gave Adam intelligence and the whole world went to shit.