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M'Shai S. Dash

One in Five: My Miscarriage Story

It was a busy Friday and it called for all the Friday things. Grocery store. Pick up my son. Come home. Start dinner. As I merrily ticked…

6 min readJun 8, 2021

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One in Five: My Miscarriage Story

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Are You Their Stepping Stone?

Maybe we’ve all been one at one point or another.

6 min readJun 5, 2021

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Are You Their Stepping Stone?

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Black Women are not Emotional Support Beams

But I understand why you might think that if you watch a lot of TV.

7 min readJun 3, 2021

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Black Women are not Emotional Support Beams

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Why I Celebrated Black Future Month This Year Instead

The idea is growing in popularity for good reason.

7 min readMar 3, 2020

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Why I Celebrated Black Future Month This Year Instead

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I Got a Lecture About My Weave from a Mixed Woman

A tale of the weird and unwarranted.

8 min readFeb 7, 2020

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I left the country one year to avoid being depressed on Valentine’s Day

Then, I lied about it.

9 min readFeb 6, 2020

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I left the country one year to avoid being depressed on Valentine’s Day

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A Black Woman’s Guide to Dissecting Empathy and Grief

Performative grief is useless, temporal, and cyclical.

7 min readJan 30, 2020

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A Black Woman’s Guide to Dissecting Empathy and Grief

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5 Signs You Should Part From A Friend

Even if it’s not forever.

6 min readNov 8, 2019

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5 Signs You Should Part From A Friend

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What I mean when I say our marriage didn’t “survive”

I choose that word for a reason.

6 min readApr 24, 2019

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What I mean when I say our marriage didn’t “survive”

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Travel alone to get better at traveling in groups

Just hear me out.

6 min readNov 17, 2018

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Travel alone to get better at traveling in groups

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M'Shai S. Dash

M'Shai S. Dash

She/Her/هِي َ. Writer and digital content curator. Capitol Hill alum. Find writing on travel, race, relationships, and mental wellness here.

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