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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Angry

Woman

Brave

" Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body. "

" 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. "

" With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways. "

" 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. "

" People that are not happy in their offline life tend to turn to trolling to fill the void. Oftentimes, the people saying racist things do not even necessarily believe in what they are saying. They are just looking for attention they do not get in real life. When you keep that in mind, it is easier to avoid indulging those people all together. "

" Sounds cliched, but I can't survive without my calendar. "

" People feel like using the word 'joke' removes responsibility for the hurt their words may cause. It doesn't; in fact, it may make things worse. "

" I love Uniqlo for all the staples, but what I really love are the palazzo pants. They are just so flattering. "

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

Franchesca Ramsey

Direction

Love

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

" My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested in black issues, the same way him being a man doesn't make me any less of a feminist. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Black

Husband

" People feel really uncomfortable talking about race and identity, largely because the subject is so taboo. "

" I left acting school really hoping that I could be on a television show of some sort, working in movies in Hollywood. "

" There was a long stretch of time where I was making these videos, and everyone just thought I was a weirdo because I was making videos in my apartment instead of, like, going out, you know. And so I, like, it's hilarious now because everyone gets YouTube now. But, you know, in 2006, when I started making videos, like, no. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 that if you stay positive and remain positive, you can definitely achieve the things you set out to. "

" 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

" I'm obsessed with cute gym clothes in bright bold prints, so as soon as Mara Hoffman expanded into activewear, I knew my wallet was in danger. "

" The Internet has been so good to me; I see its potential to help other people. "

" I'm so inspired by people like Issa Rae who started on YouTube or Abbi and Ilana from 'Broad City' who also started on YouTube. "

Franchesca Ramsey

YouTube

Inspired

" I think doing research is probably the most valuable thing you can do for any career you're interested in pursuing, and not just a career on YouTube or in media. Really take a look at people whose careers you admire and learning from their successes, but also their mistakes. "

" Black women are so very often stereotyped in pop culture. "

" 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. "

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

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

" As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world. "

" The Internet is an actual dumpster fire. "