Tiffany B, M.A. (she/her/sis)

I rarely talk about my wins cause I focus so hard on getting things done. Today I got into a program that’s going to propel my career. This letter said You should be proud. AND THAT LINE ALONE ALMOST TOOK ME OUT

Bought these off Poshmark; they were a pinch too small. Trying to recoup some of the money. Feel to RT and spread widely.

Graduation shoes have arrived. 45 days and counting. Chapter 4 edits are slowly coming in. Chapter 5 is about 40% done. ☺️

Chapter 3 edits are just about done. I feel like I got somewhere with my chapter 4. Prepared for my girl Jessica to tear it apart and then my advisor to do the same. This weekend we start working on 5

I rarely talk about my wins cause I focus so hard on getting things done. Today I got into a program that’s going to propel my career. This letter said You should be proud. AND THAT LINE ALONE ALMOST TOOK ME OUT

@allenanalysis Is this real?

🚨 Melania Trump this morning: Proposes an AI system—“Plato”—as a replacement for teachers. “Literature, art, science, mathematics, history… the entire corpus of knowledge… at home.” Replace teachers? With a machine? AI over teachers. That’s the idea. Instead of calling for better pay for our nation's educators/heroes. Sad day!

Going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health, according to a recent study ‘At age 62, Black adults who had attended an HBCU had better memory and cognitive function than those who attended a PWI’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

As we are out here doing our Genealogy and looking at old census records and history, it's mostly written in cursive. There are at least 3 different decades of youth who don't know how to write or read cursive. What the schools won't teach, you better have your children learn it from somewhere else. They will lose history if they don't. #Inspirenaire

The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time. The ACA also prevented insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions coverage, allowed young people under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ plan, expanded Medicaid, and so much more. But the ACA was always meant to be a first step. We still have to do more to expand access and make health care more affordable for everyone.

Black women started leading the country in earning degrees and now all of a sudden “degrees don’t matter”, mhm sure.

“Feminism pushed women into the workforce.” Black women have ALWAYS worked. The luxury they want you to believe women like them were afforded came on the backs of Black women. Even after slavery BW were FORCED to work, even if they could afford to be home (soldiers wives, etc.)

— update: it’s over 500+ films now on my ‘vintage black films of old hollywood’ list, y’all! i dug DEEP for these, even finding some lost black cinema! more material for us to appreciate & me to talk about in archives. enjoy! 🥰🌹🏛️🎞️boxd.it/PW5C6

A lot of people still think astrology is about prediction. Meanwhile smart people are using it to reduce friction, read temperament, and speak to others in a language they can actually hear.

They voted for Trump, and now they are dealing with the consequences of their actions.

Your brain at 2 AM writing a paper you started at 10 PM is operating in a neurochemical state that most productivity systems spend thousands of dollars trying to replicate. Sleep deprivation suppresses your prefrontal cortex. That's the region responsible for self-criticism, second-guessing, and the voice that says "this paragraph isn't good enough." At 2 AM, that voice goes quiet. Not because you've achieved some zen state. Because the hardware running it is shutting down for the night and you won't let it. Meanwhile the deadline is dumping norepinephrine and cortisol into your system, which narrows your attention to a single point. Your brain physically cannot multitask in that state. No checking your phone. No opening a new tab. The stress response has commandeered every available resource and pointed it at the Google Doc. Lowered inhibition plus chemically forced single-task focus. That combination is almost identical to what Csikszentmihalyi documented across 30 years of flow state research. Clear goal, immediate feedback, challenge matched to skill. A 12-page paper due in 8 hours hits all three criteria by accident. The lo-fi beats matter more than people think. Repetitive audio at 60-70 BPM synchronizes with resting heart rate and suppresses novelty-seeking circuits. You stop hearing it within minutes. It becomes an auditory wall that blocks interruption without costing you any cognitive load. It's the cheapest sensory deprivation chamber ever built. And the black coffee at midnight is pharmacologically different from your morning cup. Your adenosine levels have been building all day, so the caffeine is fighting a much stronger sleep signal. The subjective experience of "wired but calm" at 1 AM is a different drug interaction than alert-at-9-AM. Same molecule, completely different neurochemical environment. Every semester, twice a semester, four years straight. That's 40 sessions of accidental deep work before anyone had a name for it. The grade was an A- because the conditions were perfect. Not despite the chaos. Because of it.

@chilli0000 @Fearlesslori___ Every time I have to think about my hair I'm ready to chop it!

@TiffBromfield @Fearlesslori___ I might have to take a trip to Baltimore because I’m almost ready to go through the big chop again 😭😬

I miss beauticians. NOT hairstylists. BEAUTICIANS. The ones where all you had to do was show up & they would knew just what your hair needed. The ones that shampooed, conditioned, & detangled your hair. The ones that did protein & hot oil treatments and kept up on trimming your hair. The ones that kept up with the latest hairstyles and tried them on you. The ones who kept you in the hair salon all day on a Saturday, but you were fine with it because the hairstyle lasted 2 weeks or more ❤️

A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.

Honored at GMU’s Gold & Green Day 💚💛 While I’m in year 2 at Mason, this moment had me reflecting on my “commitment to the Commonwealth” over the past 5 years: VCU (💛🐏🖤) → UVA (🧡⚔️💙) → GMU (💚🔰💛) But it started earlier… VSU (student + staff) → GA → VUU (1st full-time role) Grateful for the journey, growth, & people. 55 years for Dr. Jim Trefil… legacy. #MasonNation #HigherEd

From college roommates, to Oscar winners Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson met as students at University in 2007.

This angle is even funnier. I’m CRYIN’.