Emma Akpan

This is the first essay I posted, it's about my big sister Jackie who we lost in 2007. I tell the story of how she grew up and how she influenced my fashion and musical preferences. I also write about how Black girls are excluded from the state. emmaakpan.substack.com/p/black-lipsti…

@FrankyjCo I'm like this too. If I don't clean nothing else, I'mma wipe down the sink and do the toilet.

I been in here completing home projects I’ve been sitting on and cleaned my whole bathroom. Whenever I have people over, that bathroom has got to be together if nothing else. Lol! I can’t stand going to someone’s home and the bathroom is disgusting.

she had the 90s rap bounce DOWN

@carolinerenard_ I do!

Who wants to watch my short film? I’ll send you the link lol.

Short story research: I am curious of the process of a lien on a house for owing back taxes. I am trying to find out if developers target homes with liens and harass them to sell, or if the city or state forces the home in foreclosure. Does anyone have stories like this?

@FrankyjCo 🙋🏾‍♀️

Def need to be out in the wired for this. Who is having a gathering?

@ekeneogbe she kills it EACH TIME.

This is such a lewkkkk. Obsessed!

my new ick is when an older man asks me if I’m in school. first of all i know you lying.

@MelechThomas this the place you teach bible study at?

This probably the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever had. It’s a chicken chimichurri sandwich and I promise it’ll change your life. Found exclusively at the Llama’s Corner Cafe in Baltimore. Tell them MT sent you!

@FrankyjCo maybe it's time to catch up on movies.

@EmmaPAkpan Your brain may need a break and that’s okay.

I'm in a reading slump. 🥲

I don’t even want to try to understand what Brat means.

@nataliethehero amen.

Hoping VP Kamala Harris skips the Breakfast Club on her media tour. In Jesus' name.

I haven't been to Landmark theaters in a minute! Might go see Oddity there.

@FrankyjCo They better invite them to a zoom. LOL

A friend is asking how to video chat with someone you meet online that’s not your actual phone number. Any advice friends? I am meeting people in person cuz I got off all online dating apps so I don’t really have to deal with this.

@AnjaliEnjeti @Delta I demanded my money back. my flight from ATL to ABQ was cancelled twice and I was stranded. Ended up coming back home.

@DeeshaPhilyaw YES. I am distraught.

@EmmaPAkpan Because of the IT outage?

Everyone on this plane is coughing and no one is masked. SMH.

@Camille_U_Adams @Delta I started writing a humor piece when I got stuck in ATL for 30 hours.

The hard part about being a memoirist is that even when @Delta suddenly cancels your flight and you are stuck for 24 hours trying to get home (wish me luck 🤞🏾), your mind is already completely writing the creative nonfiction piece that will stem from this. The b-side is 🤌🏾

I’m trying to figure out how MY BAG made it to Albuquerque and I couldn’t.

@DeeshaPhilyaw I missed Kimbilio 😭😭😭

@EmmaPAkpan Be safe. xo

How the CEO of Crowdstrike still has a job, I don’t know.