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Loryn Wilson Carter

#Verzuz Lessons: What we can learn from Ludacris and Nelly

I went into the Ludacris vs. Nelly Verzuz Battle with a pro-Ludacris bias. I may have dropped it low to Nelly’s “Flap Your Wings” as a…

May 18, 2020

#Verzuz Lessons: What we can learn from Ludacris and Nelly

May 18, 2020

Loryn Wilson Carter

Operation Varsity Blues Enrages Me. Here is Why.

Let me take you back to a place we’ve been before in a previous essay. I was a little Black girl from South Central Los Angeles. I came…

Mar 14, 2019

Operation Varsity Blues Enrages Me. Here is Why.

Mar 14, 2019

Loryn Wilson Carter

How to Make Lemonade

Yesterday, I got an email from a job I really wanted that said while they were impressed with me, they will be moving forward with other…

Mar 22, 2018

How to Make Lemonade

Mar 22, 2018

Loryn Wilson Carter

Travel Changed Me — and my Career Outlook

It was my first full day in Paris. My cousin Neni and I walked along the Seine, talking and catching up. We reflected on our family and our…

Mar 13, 2018

Travel Changed Me — and my Career Outlook

Mar 13, 2018

Loryn Wilson Carter

I Understand, Leslie Jones.

Leslie Jones had a moment of real honesty on Twitter — something I’ve given myself many times before. She said she exercises, eats right…

Feb 4, 2018

Feb 4, 2018

Loryn Wilson Carter

People are not props.

Perhaps you’ve heard that Graham-Cassidy is as good as dead. What happens next is a familiar chain of events, one that we saw play out this…

Sep 27, 2017

Sep 27, 2017

Loryn Wilson Carter

2017 Boss of the Year Awards Speech

When I applied for Bossed Up Bootcamp, I was at a crossroads in my career. I had gone from being escorted out of the office at my previous…

Jul 29, 2017

Jul 29, 2017

Loryn Wilson Carter

My #dailycallforjobs is back. Here’s how you can help.

I didn’t think I’d have to do this — at least, not so soon.

May 12, 2017

My #dailycallforjobs is back. Here’s how you can help.

May 12, 2017

Loryn Wilson Carter

Wild Young Heart: Steve Wonder, Heartbreak, and My Father

I was 17 when I experienced my first significant heartbreak. I was in love with Carl Jordan*, a handsome and popular guy who went to…

Apr 15, 2017

Apr 15, 2017

Loryn Wilson Carter

Cotillions are for White Girls

I was the only black child in my Pacific Palisades private school. The other white students were children of doctors, lawyers, and…

Apr 8, 2017

Apr 8, 2017

Loryn Wilson Carter

Loryn Wilson Carter

cali girl. #GW alum. aquarian. ENFJ. music lover. body roll champion. reformed church girl. womanist. #blackgirlindigital. wife. purveyor of #blackgirlmagic.

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