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Over 10 Affordable Quality Designer Brands for Leather HandBags:

1. Coach

2. Brahmin

3. Teddy Blake

4. Kurt Geiger

5. Karen Millen

6. Furla

7. Marc Jacobs

8. Gigi New York

9. Ralph Lauren

10. Tory Burch

11. Dooney and Burke

12. Polene

13. Senreve

14. Ralph Lauren (Lauren not Polo)

15. Michael Kors

16. Rebecca Minkoff

Tip: You can also buy designer vintage or secondhand, I specifically recommend Fashionphile as they are in direct affiliation with and backed by Neiman Marcus, have accurate authentication and have layaway. Poshmark and EBay can also be good if you’re looking for something very specific you just have to know what you’re doing. But for a very doable price you can get all real leather, nice satin, excellent condition etc. 👜

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Lynn Whitfield in “The Josephine Baker Story,” 1991.

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You mention getting "crystal clear" on what you want for your future. What are your best practices for dialing that in? I feel so vague about everything. Would love to hear what works for you if you're open to sharing. Congratulations on school btw!❀

Think about the absolute ideal dream life you could ever possibly have. The best possible homes, zip code, clothing, husband, help around the house, career, etc etc etc. Think about the pinnacle of what would make your life feel like a million bucks.

Now take away a few things. Are you still happy in that scenario? I’m sure you are. You’re still living well and have all of your needs met. Now take away a few more things. Are you still happy in that scenario? Sure. Maybe you could wish for a little bit more but I bet thats still an amazing life to live. Take away a bit more. Still happy? Keep going until you reach the point where you are just “good”. Certainly not unhappy, but you’re just alright. Where you can’t compromise on anything more or else you’ll always be yearning for more. That is your bare minimum life. The bare minimum salary that would satisfy you, the bare minimum car, the bare minimum husband qualities, etc etc. Don’t ever settle for anything less than that or else you’ll be unsatisfied in life.

That’s where you start. Go get your bare minimum as soon as possible and then you can go up from there. For some, their peak dream would be to marry a british prince and become a dutchess in a large castle, but their bare minimum would be an old money british nobleman who has connections with other royals and she can still indulge in some of the lifestyle. For others, their peak dream would be to have a 5 bedroom mcmansion in pennsylvania with 2 dogs, no man, and all paid for by their surgeon salary. But their bare minimum would be a really nice apartment in a safe city with one dog and paid for by their RN salary. Find what is best for you and your needs.

As far as possessions go, if you were to suddenly lose everything that you own in a fire, what would you prioritize getting back first? Those are the things that are most important to you. That may sound like an unlikely thing to happen, but thats exactly what happened to me. I lost everything in a fire a few years ago and had to start back over from scratch. The things you miss the most, say a lot about you and what makes you most content. The hobbies you care about most, the memories you cherished most, and the items you used the most.

I realized that I didn’t want aaaallll of the clothes, shoes, and accessories I had before. I prioritized my staples and let go of the rest. This told me that I actually am perfectly happy with a minimalist wardrobe. I also didn’t care to replace everything that I previously had in my room, just the most important things. Minimalist living is perfect for me and it is something that became crystal clear that I want to take into the rest of my adult life.

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THIS IS ACTUALLY FACTUAL AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MORE

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http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?aid=294

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“Knowing that they were losing “valuable product” due to their slaves’ propensity to swim, slave owners began taking drastic steps to protect their property. One of these steps was to instill a fear of the water by dunking disobedient slaves in water until they nearly drowned and by creating fear through stories of creatures living in the water. Thus it didn’t take long to excise or destroy the West African swimming tradition from African- American culture. The Jim Crow laws that were enacted after The Civil War prohibited blacks from the popular seaside resorts in places like Atlantic City, N.J. and Revere Beach, Mass. And by the 20th Century, as the swimming pool began to gain in popularity in the United States, the color line prohibited blacks from enjoying this pleasant recreational skill.

In addition, self-segregation also played a role in limiting those of African ancestry from getting in the water. I remember my Aunt saying to stay away from the pool because, “black folk don’t swim.””

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Such a long and consistent history of anti-Blackness and swimming. Long before police openly assaulted little black girls in McKinney, GoodWhitePeople™ were enforcing White Supremacy and segregating swimming pools.

Motel manager, James “Jimmy” Brock, pouring acid into a swimming pool to drive black people away from a “Swim In” protest, in St. Augustine, Florida on June 18, 1964.

Next time you hear someone ask questions like, “Why don’t black people swim?” Or “Why are so many black people afraid of dogs?” And, “Why are there do so many black people live in poverty?”…..let ‘em know that those aren’t coincidences. These things didn’t just happen naturally, all on their own. There’s a reason for it, and you don’t have to be an historian to know they’re all interconnected through slavery, endemic racism and persistently racist cultural norms.