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Jacquie Verbal's avatar

Monique omg thank you so much for this shoutout. I appreciate you so much! I’m so grateful for everything Blackstack has turned into in such a short time. We really are all we got!

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monique judge's avatar

We need to keep this momentum going and gathering all the Black people together so we can help promote each other.

It’s like the recycle Black dollars movement except in this case, we are recycling Black excellence.

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Jacquie Verbal's avatar

I need to save this comment to quote you in the magazine! Is that okay?

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Lee Alisha's avatar

Yesss to finding more Black writers on here!!! I definitely have been trying to follow and connect with other Black creatives.

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monique judge's avatar

It's so important -- especially in spaces like these where we don't receive the same amplification as the others do.

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Sharifa's avatar

Okay, but did you watch the wedding episodes yet? I haven't, but stumbled on spoilers and so I know that if you watched, you have THOUGHTS.

There were 2.5 couples that I was invested in and then a few that I thought were steaming troughs of resentment and immaturity.

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monique judge's avatar

Baby! I watched! Please watch so we can discuss because I have all the thoughts I promise I'm going to start a chat thread about this so everyone can jump in.

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Sharifa's avatar

Adulting is getting in my way so bad! But I am going to try to watch soon!

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Anitra's avatar

Also in the season of rewriting my life. But you know, #MakingAMovement <3

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monique judge's avatar

Nini! We are reviving #MakingAMovement.

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Anitra's avatar

Did we ever really stop living it?

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monique judge's avatar

No, we never really did. We've just been pulled in other directions, but I'm ready to get active with you again, and I'm glad you are here on Substack! I eagerly await the rest of my tribe catching this wave and telling our stories on Substack the way we used to with blogging.

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Anitra's avatar

Yes, totally. I think the movement we've been making has just been evolving in real time.

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monique judge's avatar

It really has.

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