Have you heard about our text club??
Listen, we all know you're swamped. Adulting is a full-time job with zero benefits. But guess what? You still deserve some love and a little push to keep you slaying. Forget long emails destined for the inbox graveyard. We're talking quick texts that hit you where it counts. Think of it like your personal hype squad, texting you with encouragement, self-care tips, and all the good stuff to keep you winning.
You get to choose the frequency – weekly check-ins or a daily pep talk. We won't spam you, that's just bad manners. Ditch the struggle and get your self-care in bite-sized doses that won't add to your stress. You deserve it. Now go get it! ✨
who am I?
That's a FAIR question. So allow me to (re)introduce myself.
I'm Liz - wife and mom, and Blerd extraordinaire. I love watching and rewatching Marvel films, dancing along with Meg the Stallion, and reading spicy books.
More than anything, though, I love being there for Black women and marginalized genders.
A lot of time, we don't have the language to say that we're burnt out - we just know that shit is HARD. And it's especially hard for us right now in the face of our beautiful intersectionalities.
So I started this business to bring the fun back to self-care, the Blackness back to community, and the fun back to our lives.
I love you, and I want to see you thrive.
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Have you ever felt a powerful connection to water, a spark of fire in your spirit, or the unwavering strength of the earth? Perhaps you crave freedom like an Air Nomad. Just like Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph, we all possess unique traits that influence how we approach challenges and take care of ourselves. Take our fun quiz and discover your Avatar Archetype! It might surprise you to learn how your bending style aligns with your self-care needs.
The Music of the Movies
“A lyricist in musical theater sets out to write a very specific kind of song. It has to be in the character’s voice and style, it has to be direct and move the story forward, it has to be emotionally honest and it has to be natural while using a very unnatural vernacular.
And for extra credit, it should be clever, too.” - Howard Ashman
Captain America: The First Avenger is the first MCU piece that has not just a score, but a dedicated musical number, "Star Spangled Man With A Plan." While this may seem a haphazard choice, a jolt of comedic relief in an otherwise unexpected period piece, it smartly follows all of the requirements of our aforementioned Musical Magician.
- It has to be in the characters voice and style: While Steve isn't singing the song himself, it deftly explains how he has always seen himself, and other military men, when it comes to the war. It starts as his view of them, and transforms into the realization that it is now him we refer to. Spoken clearly in the line "Who vows to fight like a man for what's right night and day?," we hear the truth of the Steve we all know, and that Erskine chose to be the Super Soldier.
- It has to be direct and move the story forward: During the opening notes of the song, Steve is not only nervous but he acknowledges that he didn't know if he could do this. He also says this isn't HOW he saw himself supporting the allies. He started by reading the words on the back of his shield to learn them. Through iterations of performances, meeting fans, photo ops, and seeing himself on film, he grew to embody a confidence that matched the physique. This song, in embodying his growth into a grandiose figure, served to move the film from one that focused on skinny Steve who never backed down from a fight, to Captain America who bravely sought one out.
- It has to be emotionally honest and it has to be natural while using a very unnatural vernacular: A rap song or a disco song in a piece set in these times would be out of place. Using the terms, the idioms, the instrumentation, and all of the visual elements present helped to keep us in the right era while reminding us of the nostalgia the audience in the film's shows must have felt.
- And for extra credit, it should be clever, too: This man came into this unsure of where he would end. By the time he learned the lyrics to the song, and coincidentally by the time we learned them too, he indeed had a plan, and was ready to enact it.
Now. Your turn!
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