Shelby Denise Smith

editorial writer and social media manager | 🍊 alum | [email protected]

[Sidnee Michelle @SidMich_]

It really hits me when emerging journalists like @shelbssdsmith and @NunechieLee say I inspire them, not knowing that their words inspire me to continue to keep fighting in this crazy industry (love you girls down 🥹 🫶🏽)

[Florence @floitis]

Does Ciara have a boot camp I can join?

[𝓑ᥫ᭡ @quesadaaa_]

I prefer the term dangerously optimistic

[amanda @amandabb__]

chat gpt is not your friend, therapist, confidant, doctor, or anything else. please go outside.

[Autumn @autchristine]

all 80 of them delta passengers survived a crash landing

[alli @sonofalli]

it’s now socially acceptable again to clap when the plane lands

[i can be your long lost pal @PallaviGunalan]

this is honestly so embarrassing

[kel ⭐️ @NeezyFbabyyyy]

this man never run out of creativity when it come to romancing his lady and I love that for her omg

[DACIA @DACIASWORLD]

ya’ll tryna clown him, but this EXACTLY what’s lacking in R&B right now. vulnerability + transparency. everybody too cool to express they pain… he did it and bodied it. I respect the art. 10/10.

[bearwiitch @bearwiitch]

the vibe i bring to the function

[blue @bluewmist]

Never apologize for being obsessed. Read all day. Work all night. Run for hours. Forget time exists. Be everywhere, but be a ghost. Turn off the world and create your own. Let craft become compulsion. Positive obsession is a gift, disguised as a curse.

[blue @bluewmist]

exercise is a celebration of what you can do. not a punishment for what you ate.

[Nikki Shange @NikkiShangee]

I can’t wait to one day experience a Valentine’s Day, filled with romance 🥺❤️🤞🏽

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

I'M SCREAMING

[the human anachronism™️ @FullAsMuchHeart]

Just saw someone saying using the em-dash is a sign of something being written by AI, because real people rarely use it. This is terrible news for everyone like me who has an unhealthy emotional attachment to the em-dash.

[Kip Smithers @TheGreatVino_]

You still owe SZA $1500

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The trailer for “G20,” starring Viola Davis as the President of the United States, is out:

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

everybody wants peace until they realize peace means changing your tone when speaking with someone who has irritated you, no longer making everything an argument, listening before responding, setting boundaries and understanding boundaries others have set.