When I say don't call me Coco... What I simply mean is, don't call me a Coconut... And no, that's not a reference to being nuts and/or crazy... It's a reference to what someone nicknamed me while I was on a trip in D.C. On this trip to D.C. I was the only brown kid out of 175 HS students from all over the US who were granted a week to explore politics and journalism- at that time I thought I was going to be a journalist... Well, on this trip my roommates were three white girls from Florida, Connecticut and New Hampshire. And one of them coined me Coco, short for Coconut because according to her, I was brown on the outside but "white" in the inside. For a long time I wore that nickname/badge with honor...Like yay! I have assimilated well enough to be considered like them. (Now let's clarify, Like them, but never one of them) BUT now... I'm not too sure how to interpret that nickname- I struggle with what it means to be...
This is my fatshion and journal blog... Take a look at my #Fatshion101 looks and the stories behind them and along the way take a peek into my 'not-so private' journal entries and perhaps find out why folks say, "Lilly Is Nucking Futs..."