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Ashley C. Ford
Work & Money
Why I'm Not Boycotting Twitter Today
Ashley C. Ford
Oct 13, 2017
Wellness
I'm Getting Married, & I Can't Stop Thinking About Death
Ashley C. Ford
Oct 11, 2017
Tech
Backlash Against Twitter’s New Character Limits is All About Bad Timing
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Ashley C. Ford
Sep 29, 2017
Wellness
Engagement Party Blues
This was the first time all of our parents (biological and chosen) would be in one place. It would also be the first time my mother and father would be tog
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Ashley C. Ford
Weddings
The Bride Without A Plan
Over the years there has been adventure, and even more good times. I suppose that’s why he asked me to marry him this past May. He proposed with an Aveng
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Ashley C. Ford
Entertainment
How Older Black Women Taught Me To Love Princess Diana
There's no easy answer to why so many older black women loved Princess Diana, but seeing her through their eyes made me love her more.
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Ashley C. Ford
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Girls
Meet The Creator of Black Dolls For Every Girl
Not just dolls, these avatars are meant to help girls see themselves fully and change the world.
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Ashley C. Ford
Strong Opinions
PSA: Black People Do Not Go To College For Free
I don't think all white people think Black people went to college for free, and I don't think people believe it everywhere. But where they do, it matters.
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Ashley C. Ford
Work & Money
Why Judging The Poor Isn’t Actually Helping Anybody
Judging the poor — or pretending that rules of logic apply to something often determined by blind luck — makes all of us less human. And while empathy
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Ashley C. Ford
News
I Can't Trust Anybody Who Supports R. Kelly
No one who has been paying attention over the last twenty years is surprised to hear that R. Kelly is allegedly abusing young women in some form or another
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Ashley C. Ford
Culture
Bill Cosby Is Not Cliff Huxtable
Bill Cosby isn't your favorite television dad--Cliff Huxtable is.
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Ashley C. Ford
Food & Drinks
Don't Ever Bring Me Red Velvet Cake
I will always choose the path with the least amount of red velvet anything.
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Ashley C. Ford
Features
Millennial Women Are Conflicted About Being Breadwinners
Apparently, there is an invisible cost to breadwinning as a millennial woman. There’s guilt attached to their own emotional reactions and exhaustion, sha
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Ashley C. Ford
Features
My Father Spent 30 Years In Prison. Now He's Out.
After 30 years in prison, my father is just being introduced to technology. I, however, am trying to do less technology. We meet somewhere in the middle.
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Ashley C. Ford
Entertainment
Sheryl Sandberg Plans To Change The Conversation Around Grief — &...
Two years after her husband's death, Sheryl Sandberg is launching two projects inspired by her experience with grief: A book, Option B, co-authored with fr
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Ashley C. Ford
News
How Can Jordan Peele Make a Movie Like
Get Out
& Have a ...
I am not surprised anyone who watched Get Out would then side-eye a Black/white heteronormative interracial couple. But is it that unbelievable that a Blac
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Ashley C. Ford
Politics
Perfect Protests Don’t Exist, But We All Have A Part To Play
Since the Day Without A Woman strike was announced, I’ve seen the same event take place on my social timelines over and over again. A woman tweets or pos
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Ashley C. Ford
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