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Abuse Ain’t Sweet
Real quick, the topic of domestic violence is quite prevalent as we’ve seen so many young, single mothers be put in danger by their boyfriends, baby daddies, and all of that. For me, that is why I stayed single for so long, because I did not want to put my son or myself in any kind of danger. I often avoid and definitely do not like posts I see where women jokingly say that if they do anything like twerk on social media or while out with friends, or not answer a man’s phone call, he’ll pull up on them, dangerously. Recently on TikTok, I was following this girl whose…
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Mental Health… I Choose You
I’ve actually been going back and forth with whether or not I’d make a post and a podcast episode on this topic but I feel that the time is now. I started at my current role 3 months after I graduated from college, simply because my mother sternly told me that I needed a job, even though I personally wanted to go back to college for one additional semester in order to be a teacher. This is because teaching was one of my career choices but I wanted to be a journalist more. The journalism field was evolving and it was near impossible to get a job in journalism by…
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The Catch Up…
Greetings out there…. I realized over the weekend that I’ve completely been slacking and totally forgot the initial plan for this website. There is supposed to be a blog post that coincides with each episode. Feel free to leave a comment or question as well, within this blog. With that being said, I won’t go back and type a blog post for all of the many episodes over the past two seasons that I’ve done, mostly because it will definitely not be good for my anxiety and will more than likely cause a panic attack while revisiting my first few episodes, but I will give a quick recap from the…
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About Detours and DQ
100% Real 100% of the Time This is a safe space for discussion on topics regarding dating, parenting, life, and other out of this world experiences. For a little background on DQ, that’s me. DQ stands for… you guessed it, “Detours Queen,” because I felt that I was an expert on taking unnecessary detours for quite some time now. I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA from Oakland City and the West End to Adamsville. I graduated from Atlanta Public Schools, and went on to go to college for my undergrad at The University of West Georgia. While in college, I did what teachers constantly told me to do,…