B.D. Smith, PhD, MPH

April 2023-April 2024: defended my dissertation, got engaged, started a postdoc, planned a wedding, grant writing, manuscript writing, got married. Hot girl summer will be happening indoors with the AC on with my husband ✌🏿😂✌🏿#phdlife #phdchat #BlackLove

Seeing Misty Copeland back on stage with the Sinners cast and dancers after a hip replacement. Crying tears of joy. #Oscars

You know you are in a toxic office environment when your best work goes unnoticed. BUT your one mistake ends up in a meeting.

In every lifetime I would choose to be black. Every last one.

The Fall-Off

when the ladies tried icing mary out in S2, she was off the show in S3, & meredith also had a hand in her returning in S4… meredith was the ONLY one who stood by her so it’s wild to me that mary is siding with the other women and their delusions. it feels like when mary became close with angie there was a shift with her friendship/loyalty to meredith… mary was the biggest disappointment this season, YUCK! #RHOSLC

I've been glued to my couch all day

We need a 4-day, 32-hour work week with livable wages. There is no reason that people need to be working this much. People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.

The longer I work in corporate, the more I realize… the people making the decisions rarely understand the work.

Y’all saying ErrTime but I heard Jeezy on “Hello” from the first listen 🤫

Looks like there is a 100 percent chance of snow tomorrow at 12pm est ⛄️😏

Never in my life has a job caused this much stress and anxiety...😭😭😭

I’m really blessed that I got to grow up listening to. D’Angelo Erykah Badu Anthony Hamilton Jill Scott Dwele Raphael Saadiq Floetry the Roots Rashaan Patterson Lauryn Hill India Arie Angie Stone Musiq Soulchild Bilal Raheem Devaughn Vivian Green Kindred Fam Soul Mint Condition

They are plugging up Gizelle and Ashley‘s microphones as we speak #RHOP

Seeing that Mary & Angie K are going to be fighting next week #RHOSLC

You're telling me they brought Monique back after it was revealed that Stacey was allegedly trying to get with Monique's ex-husband??? I'm sat. #RHOP

Working in corporate is...

me opening Teams every morning

Look at us in white folk’s business

This is how Clipse’s Tiny Desk ended:

I grew up in section 8 housing filled with love. went to undergrad using Pell Grants. in grad school my mama use to mail me her food stamp card. everything that made it possible for me to get a PhD has been cut. i'm sad for the the little black kids having their future stolen.