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Tag: family

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of

i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon…
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Posted on: February 14, 2022 Last updated on: February 14, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback: David Sell

Growing up, I was apart of a very small family, my household consisted of myself, two sisters and our amazing…
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Posted on: November 19, 2021 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback Thursday: Milani Varela

Picture this: Humboldt Park in Chicago, IL The year is 1993, at that time it was me, momma, dad, and…
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Posted on: October 21, 2021 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Songs That I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Emotions”

chyle, some of my favorite childhood memories are when my mother allowed us to skip school so we could go…
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Posted on: August 14, 2021 Last updated on: August 14, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Playlist: Songs That Remind Me of My Aunts

my aunt janet kept her music cassettes on the small round table she kept in her room of the house…
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Posted on: August 13, 2021 Last updated on: August 13, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

twenty years and counting: for nicholas

i snapped this picture of my brother nicholas and my mother was taken on mother’s day sometime in early 1990’s.…
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Posted on: May 10, 2021 Last updated on: May 10, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors

i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have…
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Posted on: May 4, 2021 Last updated on: May 4, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Francix | La Vega, Dominican Republic

At the end of last year, I decided to return home to the Dominican Republic for the first time in…
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Posted on: March 24, 2021 Last updated on: March 24, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Plotwist Podcast

recently, i had the extraordinary opportunity of chatting with daniel coronado, one of the hosts of the plotwist podcast. check…
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Posted on: March 3, 2021 Last updated on: March 3, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”

my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to…
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Posted on: May 10, 2020 Last updated on: May 10, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”

my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic…
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Posted on: April 24, 2020 Last updated on: April 24, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Ruben | Los Angeles, CA

i grew up in a latino catholic family. mexican family from puebla and we just grew up going to church.…
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Posted on: January 13, 2020 Last updated on: January 13, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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