Akilah Hughes was born and raised in Florence, Kentucky, but she always knew she would leave.
“I had a vision of what I wanted my life to look like,” said Akilah, who dreamed of being a performer “and I didn’t see it in the Midwest.”
Akilah and I first met in fall of 2012 after…
Ali did this amazing interview and put it all together and it’s really amazing and the best piece of writing I can ever hope to have written about my crazy crazy life at 23. Read it. You’ll get to learn all about my philandering daddy, my secret Disney life, skipping two grades….The whole kit and kaboodle basically.
tonight at the filming of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up show, Dan and I got moved to the front row because we exemplified ethnic diversity.
Also, W. Kamau Bell and I shared a moment because the stage hand lady said she had black people hair, and well, we’re mutually fro-endowed.
I’m not a model, I’m just trapped on my boyfriend’s bed while he films his youtube video in the living room.
As spokesperson for my race, I answer your question, Tumblr, regarding How Black People Feel About Spring.
stahp. being. so. cute.
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love love love big hair.
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I’m just A-ing some Qs I received on Tumblr. If you asked me something, maybe I answered it, and if I didn’t get to it, I’m sorry! Let’s do this more often!