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" I don't want to tell anybody who to vote for; I'd rather people just do their homework and make sure they vote for the person that they feel like is best to run our country. "

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" What's really great about social media is we have tremendous access, and there's a wealth of information about the people that we admire online. "

Franchesca Ramsey

People

Media

Great

" I'm very self-deprecating, so I'm not afraid to make jokes at my own expense, and I've just found that makes people a little more comfortable and can open the door for people to feel a little bit more understanding and accepting of where you're coming from. "

" We can't all wake up and know everything. "

" Just as you're allowed to be angry about injustice, it's natural to express feelings of sadness or fear, especially if you're exhausted by the prospect of trying to keep a brave face. "

" It's important to take time away from the Internet as much as possible. For me, I love working out, and my husband and I do it together in the mornings! And it's really our time to check in with each other, but it's also our time to really not think about work or what's happening on the Internet. "

" For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Feel

Opportunities

" Unfortunately, oftentimes people hire and give opportunities to people that look like them. They don't realize how much their own internal lives or privilege gets in the way of looking for people outside of the traditional spaces where they always find people. "

" 'Lemonade' resonated with me, and I love the direction Beyonce is going with her music and her career. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Direction

Love

" I was looking for help with styling my hair and was really struggling to find it, and I have very much been of the mind that if you see a need for something, and you can create it yourself, then go for it, so I started creating content around beauty. "

" I have really long legs, so I like cropped pants that make it look like I intentionally wanted my pants short instead of pants that happen to be too short for me. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Short

Look

" I always make sure to moisturize my hair. I love natural oils, coconut oil. Moisture is one thing you can never go wrong with. "

" If you're brave enough to search 'Franchesca Ramsey' on YouTube, you'll find a sea of ranting white dudes pinning the 'angry black woman' stereotype onto my smiling face. "

" I'm, like, not a science person at all. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Person

Science

" My debut book is a collection of personal stories and advice about communication on the Internet. More specifically, the downfall of communication because of the Internet. "

" I think the beauty of the Internet is that it's giving a lot of people the opportunity to reach people around the world that they never would have been able to, and for people to tell their own stories where they don't see themselves reflected in mainstream media, or the media is misrepresenting the truth, right. "

" I enjoy working out because I struggle with anxiety, and exercise has been a great way for me to combat that. "

" Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had. "

" I think what's been really awesome about the Internet is the ability to reach people from so many different walks of life and stages in their life. "

" For whatever reason, illiteracy continues to plague the racist troll community. "

" Do not feed the trolls! Racist commenters usually troll the Internet looking for people of color to harass online. If you avoid responding, oftentimes they will get bored and move on. "

" I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the world was ending my junior year of high school after a dye job reacted badly with my perm and left me with a sparse and burnt up hairline. Even though I went natural a few years later, my edges never seemed to recover. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Job

School

" Castor oil has long been a used as a remedy for a whole host of ailments including arthritis, digestion, insomnia and even period cramps. But it also stimulates hair growth. "

" The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves. "

" I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response. "

" Social media isn't as quaint as it was when I started my Livejournal back in high school. "

" I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV. "

" I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people. "

" I love my journal as much as I love my phone. I find it to be a big part of my self-care to reflect on my day and write words that inspire me or paste business cards and pictures. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Love

Inspire

" The truth is that the performative nature of social media can turn even the simplest conversations into a WWE style cage match with emojis and Internet slang taking the place of pratfalls and over the top costumes. "

" Growing up, I was constantly labeled an 'oreo' by my black peers because of my proper speech and 'valley girl accent.' "