Adia's Blog

Here you’ll find new posts, pieces, and stories centering issues that affect Black women and Black communities, as well as archived posts from Adia's previous blog, Dialosophy.

Mar 1118 min read

Barbershop: A Short Story (re)Imagining Community-Based Interventions

Dec 28, 20246 min read

“It Ain’t Safe, It Ain’t Safe”: Community Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Systemic and State Harm in Black Communities

Apr 21, 20247 min read

My Tiny Griefs & Me: Lessons Learned in Year 2 of Grieving

Jun 17, 20238 min read

To be Young, Grieving, and Black: Lessons Learned from Grief

Jul 9, 20224 min read

Dreams, Nightmares, and Surviving The Plantation: Lessons from The Ivory Tower

Mar 15, 20224 min read

Black Women in The White American Dream

Feb 12, 20224 min read

all about self-love and academia. thank you, bell.

May 6, 20214 min read

Writing Into My Love Cycles.

Apr 5, 202110 min read

Black Girl, White Coat: Trials and Trumph | A Q&A with Keiko Cooley

It goes without saying the road to success is not easy. There is the first walk...the first crawl..the first time you run. And...

Mar 14, 20217 min read

Everyday I'm Hustlin': How to Flourish in Your Side Hustles | A Q&A with Keirsten Hoyle

Mar 12, 20211 min read

Flashback Friday: The Black Male Identity in the Early 2000s (A Paper)

It's Flashback Friday!!! And today we are throwing it back to a little something different- a paper I wrote when I was fresh, new, and...

Mar 8, 202112 min read

A Dollar, A Dream, and A Career Switch | A Q&A with Tiesha Rena'

Jan 25, 20219 min read

COVID Vaccine Anxiety: Should I Get The Vaccine or Nah? | A Q&A with Dr. Kimberly Rogers

Jan 13, 20211 min read

I'm Going Through Changes.

I’ve got wounds that I didn’t consent to. Blades to my skin that made me bleed before passing into this hemisphere. Passing through my...

Jan 11, 20211 min read

Securing Yourself.

I think many of us will find there’s more to life than “securing the bag”. What about the hard work that goes into securing ourselves?...