My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
SZAWhen your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways. It sparked the writing bug and the very overactive imagination. Because I’ve had a lot of time by myself and a lot of time isolated from regular culture, I created my own.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative – it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you’re the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.
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I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.
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My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you’ve ever met. They’re very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.
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I hate being outside more than I can explain. I really have debilitating anxiety.
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I live in my imagination, so sometimes movies help me get lost. I feel like I’m in it.
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I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically.
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I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that’s just because I’m a Scorpio. Now I’m more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.
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I love cuffing season. It’s a very inspiring season for those who want to be inspired.
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Searchin for peace be like fishing for water.
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I feel like when you say ‘activist,’ you have to have so much clarity, and I don’t always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I’m trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be.
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I went through this phase of Spandex, high heels, and fur coats when I was in my late teens and early twenties; before then, I lived in overalls and baggy T-shirts.
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I don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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