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    MUSIC: Steve Lacy – Dark Red

    February 23, 2017Media Diary

      In 2016 the members of the music group The Internet announced that 2017 would be the year that each member of the group released a solo album. Fin by lead vocalist Syd came out in early February, delivering on much of the singing and songwriting that I love about The Internet, but striking a more studio feel on the production-side, missing much of the great instrumentation provided by Syd’s bandmates. This...

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  • The Social Media Fast

    August 30, 2016August 31, 2016Adulting, Health, Media Diary, People

    Social media has its upsides, but as Mercury retrogrades are times to reflect, revise and review, Chakka is examining her relationship with social media by taking a break from it. She explains more in this post.

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  • Five Short Films and My Next Magic Trick

    April 13, 2015July 15, 2016In my humble opinion

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Freedomreeves.com. This entire time I’ve been thinking about posts I want to...

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  • The Ferguson Lesson- Three Reasons to #CancelBlackFriday

    November 26, 2014November 28, 2014In my humble opinion, Lessons Learned

    I woke up at 4am on the morning of Tuesday, November 25th. I was faced with a challenge: In four...

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  • Why We Need Boundaries, Online and Offline

    October 19, 2014July 10, 2016Lessons Learned, People

    When I log on to Tumblr or Twitter nowadays, useful, fun and inspiring content is being replaced by venting gone viral....

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  • Michael Jackson, Holograms and Capitalism

    May 19, 2014In my humble opinion

    Corporations will do anything to make money, even raise the dead. Freedom's thoughts on the Michael Jackson hologram performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.

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  • Three Reasons I Wrote About Suicide For TheRoot.com

    April 29, 2014April 29, 2014In my humble opinion, Writing

    When blogger Karyn Washington died of depression (I put it this way because depression is a disease that can kill,...

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  • The Corners and Classrooms of Chicago-#FreedomTeaches

    April 9, 2014April 17, 2014Lessons Learned, Media Diary

    This post is a part of the “Freedom Teaches” series, where I post my reflections on teaching video production in...

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