Flipskript Ink

During recent years, internships and unpaid work have been quite the testy subject with good reason. The main problem with internships (for students in high school or college) or externships (for adults looking for more work or going back to work) is that some companies don't pay at all...at least in cash. With the economy being tighter than leather pants, companies big and small are trying every way possible to save money without compromising the pays of higher-ups. Young adults have become boomerangers, and went back to living with their parents. Some are even working 5 jobs to make ends meet. Even though unpaid work can enhance your skills in your desired trade or career, it can start to feel like your being exploited for what you bring to the table. A Madame Noire writer  expressed her pros and cons about unpaid work as well, using the fashion industry and mainstream media as examples to explain the heavy workloads of interns and entry level employees. I know Drake got ever...

Being a nerd was socially unacceptable, until it was time for a big exam. Then the outcasts were temporarily invited inside the cool kids circle, only to be used for the intellectual creativity in their cranium. I've seen ads where it can be sexy (i.e. nice looking girl with thick glasses) or profitable. The awkward appearance, the use of superfluous vocabulary, the nasally execution of the voice when talking to others, and thick coke bottle glasses are the common stereotypes of nerds depicted in movies and TV. As generations evolved, so did the styles and personalities. So what if they are just characters...a girl can dream, right? One day, I began thinking to myself, "If I had the chance to go back to school, I wish these people were in my class..." 5) Michael Evans from Good Times Photo courtesy of TV Land . This little boy always had me cracking up. He was an all-around kid who had a habit of filling his little mind with whatever he could. Dub...

I had the most intriguing memory from my adolescence. This will eventually turn into a poem, when it's time. As a teenager, I like to listen to different kinds of music (and still holds true today). My mom showed concern because I was into heavy metal, alternative rock, and grunge. In her mind, the Four Tops and the Staple Singers can never top Alice in Chains and Metallica. One day, she said she needed to talk to me. I thought I was gettin grounded all up and through for not washing the dishes. Out of the blue, she informed me that she was subscribing me to Vibe Magazine and wanted me to stay up-to-date on the news in Black music. Not knowing what to think, she handed me my first issue addressed to me. I was waiting for her to tell me when my thesis would be done for each issue. Unsure of what she was trying to say, I kept the issues and read them while listening to my regular music. I appreciated what she was trying to do, but at the time rap and...