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About Me — Vena Moore

Writing was always my passion, though it wasn’t until two years ago that I did it consistently I’ve debated doing an about me story for months, because after all, I’ve been telling readers on this platform snippets about myself for two years now. I’ve written some things that I’ve never…

About Me

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About Me — Vena Moore
About Me — Vena Moore
About Me

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Equality Includes You

·May 20

How to Be a Good White Friend to a Black Person

Often, whatever your instincts are, do the opposite. — I have plenty of experience being the only Black friend that a white person has. In theory, two human beings sharing some common interests or values, such as a love of literature or altruism should be enough for a friendship to thrive. …

Racism

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How to Be a Good White Friend to a Black Person
How to Be a Good White Friend to a Black Person
Racism

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ZORA

·May 13

Why My Stating My Dating Preference Chafes People

We need to unpack this. I’ve received some interesting responses to my last piece. Unfortunately, I don’t mean that in a good way. I knew a piece with a title like, “Why I Won’t Date A Bus Driver” might be considered clickbait by some people and figured I’d get pushback…

Dating

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Why My Stating My Dating Preference Chafes People
Why My Stating My Dating Preference Chafes People
Dating

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Living By The Word

·May 6

Why I Won’t Date A Bus Driver

Lowering my standards for companionship in the past got me nowhere. Now I recognize my worth. Would I date a bus driver? This question has become a flaming hot topic. The debate that Iyanla Vanzant and Eboni K. Williams sparked over well-to-do women dating blue-collar men hit a nerve. While…

Dating

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Why I Won’t Date A Bus Driver
Why I Won’t Date A Bus Driver
Dating

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Living By The Word

·Apr 29

Why Budgeting Advice Sucks

Financial experts claim budgeting is empowering. For many people, they’re anything but. I get palpitations merely thinking about finances. Like many Americans, I’m in debt. The debt I have now is credit card debt, but other people have student loan debt, mortgage debt, medical debt, or auto loan debt instead…

Money

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Why Budgeting Advice Sucks
Why Budgeting Advice Sucks
Money

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Living By The Word

·Apr 22

You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Successful

Or how perfectionism isn’t always a good thing Growing up, I absorbed the narrative that if I wasn’t perfect, then I wasn’t worthy as a human being. I felt I couldn’t be successful, or worthy of love if I wasn’t perfect. Throughout my life, I learned how wrong that mindset…

Life Lessons

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You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Successful
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Successful
Life Lessons

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The Ace Space

·Apr 14

When You Are Not The Prize

Or what my life as a single, middle-aged asexual Black woman is like I have only been on one date in the past eight years. And the one date I did go on turned out to be a disaster as the man I was with confessed that he supported the…

Asexuality

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When You Are Not The Prize
When You Are Not The Prize
Asexuality

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Fourth Wave

·Apr 7

Why Are Men Floundering?

While women succeed, men are flailing — Just recently, I came across this video where the content creator provided a detailed account of Match Day 2023 at the Stanford University Medical School where all but one of the students they accepted into their surgical residency program were women. …

Education

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Why Are Men Floundering?
Why Are Men Floundering?
Education

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Living By The Word

·Mar 31

I Don’t Have The Luxury To Avoid Labels

Ditching labels is well-intentioned, but it isn’t as easy as people think Labels are the bane of my existence. The Ways In Which Labels Cause Harm I am Black, a woman, asexual, anxious, depressed, as well as neurodivergent, specifically on the autistic spectrum. …

Society

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I Don’t Have The Luxury To Avoid Labels
I Don’t Have The Luxury To Avoid Labels
Society

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ZORA

·Mar 25

Whiteness Follows Me Wherever I Go

Even at a conference that had a Black theme, White people dominate the conversation A few months ago, a friend invited me to go to a conference with her that had Afrofuturism as the theme. For those that don’t know what that means, it’s a subgenre in speculative fiction that…

Race

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Whiteness Follows Me Wherever I Go
Whiteness Follows Me Wherever I Go
Race

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