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" My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther. "

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" I think we all do: I think we wonder if we're supposed to be here, if we're doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time. "

Doing The Right Thing

" I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid. "

" I love Modest Mouse. "

" I don't think I'm inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy... thing. And I'm very drawn to female energy, but I don't really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it. "

" I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much clarity on how I want to help others, I just have this weird, deep urge to help other people. I'm trying to let God guide my body and use it as whatever kind of vehicle or vessel it needs to be. "

" I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me. "

" Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you. "

" I drink a lot of water. "

" I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to. "

" I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after. "

" I try to think of myself as a chic fishing grandpa aesthetically. "

" I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details. "

" I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative. "

" I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better. "

" I went through this phase of Spandex, high heels, and fur coats when I was my late teens and early twenties; before then, I lived in overalls and baggy T-shirts. "

" My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what. "

" I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny. "

" My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older. "

" I've fried my hair off. I've shaved my hair off. I've done it all. "

" I feel like every outfit I have ever planned ahead is trash. "

" It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you're too young to trust yourself. "

" Don't get discouraged with your skin when it doesn't do what you want it to do... Give it some time. That's the only way to get to know yourself. "

" I make bad decisions frequently. They're fun. "

" I think music is honest and will make you do honest things. "

" On Halloween, because we don't celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture. "

" It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about. "

" I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu! "

" In one way, I want to heal people. "

" I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. "

" I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports. "