There is no shame in black beauty.
I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.
What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.
Your value is in yourself; the other stuff will come and go.
The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are, where you want to get to and what obstacles are in the way that you need to navigate in order to get there.
Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.