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Meet The 31-Year-Old Behind Buckhead's 1st Black-Owned Seafood Boil Restaurant
Travel Noire May 12, 2022 Chad Dillon is the 31-year-old founder and CEO of The Boiler Seafood Atlanta. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dillon has a special talent for identifying businesses that a community may be in need of. He was inspired to start his restaurant realizing that Atlanta was lacking food businesses within the seafood boil niche. Learn More
Gabourey Sidibe on the Cover of Brides Magazine
Photo: Erich McVey
Brides May 12, 2022 Gabourey Sidibe doesn't plan on being a traditional bride. Everything from the setting to her fashion will be unique
Paris Hilton Heads to the White House to Advocate for Institutionalized Youth
ET May 12, 2022 Paris Hilton continues to shed light on "the disturbing lack of government oversight of youth residential care facilities" by meeting with White House officials and members of Congress in her quest to enact the Federal Accountability for Congregate Care Act. Learn More
In 2022, It's Still Impossibly Hard to Be a Fat Content Creator Online
In 2022, It's Still Impossibly Hard to Be a Fat Content Creator Online
In 2022, It's Still Impossibly Hard to Be a Fat Content Creator Online
Allure Magazine May 7, 2022 Hurtful comments, threats to our platforms, and limited pay for our online work are all too common. Content creator Jae’lynn Chaney explores how fat people are treated unfairly on social media — even at the height of body acceptance in popular culture. Learn More
Manhattan Springs Back to Life
In 2022, It's Still Impossibly Hard to Be a Fat Content Creator Online
In 2022, It's Still Impossibly Hard to Be a Fat Content Creator Online
NYT May 7, 2022 Broadway enthusiasts, art aficionados and food lovers will find new offerings in and around Times Square and in neighborhoods below 42nd Street, heralding the promise of a vibrant recovery. See What's Ahead
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
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WWD May 7, 2022 “We’re excited to be able to give New Yorkers a one-of-a-kind experience that combines fitness with incredible views of New York City,” Jason Horkin, vice president of Hudson Yards experiences, told WWD. He added that the partnership “has been wildly popular since we first offered classes in September 2020.”
Megan Thee Stallion Receives Key to the City of Houston
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
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Chron May 5, 2022 Mayor Sylvester Turner also announced a day in the rapper's honor "for upholding Houston’s values and represent the best this city offers. In fact, the key is our commitment to those who represent Houston at its best."
Being a ‘Mom’ Isn’t What It Used to Be
Equinox Sky-High Yoga Returns to the Edge of New York City
Being a ‘Mom’ Isn’t What It Used to Be
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The Cut May 7, 2022 Writer Amil Niazi’s monthly meditations on the highs and lows of parenting — and every feeling in-between. At the beginning of the pandemic, I used to wake up frequently with an elevated heart rate, one eye barely open, already feeling like I’d lived an entire day, percolating with anxiety and dread before I’d even put a foot on the floor.
Airfares Jumped Nearly 11% in March from Prior Month
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WSJ April 17, 2022 You're not imagining things! The consumer-price index and other data sources suggest booming interest in spring and summer travel. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurred the West to impose sanctions and the aviation industry is caught in the crossfire. As airlines face longer routes to avoid closed airspace and soaring fuel costs, WSJ’s George Downs finds out how they plan to stay airborne.
J. Crew Collaborates with Oh-So-British Brand Liberty London for their First Ever Home Collection
Pictured: A J. Crew x Liberty London tablecloth in Club Nouveau.
Photo: J. Crew
Vogue April 17, 2022 Olympia Gayot, Head of Women’s Design at J. Crew, explains to Vogue that two have the common thread of embodying the “art of living.” And when dreaming about the use of their new collection—which includes sleep masks, bed sheets, crib sheets, napkin sets, and tablecloths—that’s exactly the ethos they wanted to convey
WNBA’s Destanni Henderson on Her Draft Suit and Label ‘Clothing by HP’
WWD April 17, 2022 South Carolina Gamecocks guard Destanni Henderson was drafted 20th to the Indiana Fever at the WNBA Draft in her custom designed outfit. The young athlete wore a powder blue suit with matching New York Yankees fitted cap from Angel Brims NYC, several bracelets and rings and bright sneakers reminiscent of Bape’s Bapesta sneakers. She also designed her entire look from the custom hat to the sneakers. “It took me less than 48 hours to come up with the look,” Henderson said. “Something happened with my first look so I had to go into my closet and find something I hadn’t worn yet.”
It seems the Controversy over the 2022 Oscar's Will Smith and Chris Rock Slap just Won't Go Away
It seems the Controversy over the 2022 Oscar's Will Smith and Chris Rock Slap just Won't Go Away
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April 7, 2022.
We feel one thing came out of it for sure and Solange said it best some time ago:
" I think many, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in black women's lives. I can now transform the energy surrounding my hair into something way more positive."
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A Garbage-Plate Superfan Explains Why Brooklyn Hots Is the City’s Most Exciting New Restaurant
It seems the Controversy over the 2022 Oscar's Will Smith and Chris Rock Slap just Won't Go Away
Illustration: Margalit Cutlerstration
NY Magazine April 7, 2022 One feature of living in New York City is that you can always eat like you live somewhere else. Chicago-style pizza, New Orleans po’boys, New England lobster rolls, and plenty of other regional American specialties are so easy to track down here that it can be genuinely surprising when something new arrives. READ MORE
How Many Billionaires Are There, Anyway?
Illustration:Illustration: Andrew
NYT April 7, 2022
Forbes thinks there are 735 of them in America. Another count finds 927. Whatever the answer, the mystery is revealing — and the number is growing rapidly. READ MORE
Mariah Carey, John Legend & More Celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation: ‘History Was Made Today!’
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Billboard April 7, 2022.
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday (April 7), making history by securing her place as the first Black female justice.Fifty-one-year-old Jackson was confirmed 53-47, with three Republican votes from Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Mitt Romney (Utah).
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Photo: Michael Hickey/Getty Images | NYTimes.com--March 10, 2022
Brittney Griner, one of the world’s best basketball players, was detained in Russia on what customs officials described as drug charges. Fans are worried.
To protest machismo, women played soccer in Mexico City’s central square
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Photo: Leila Miller | LATimes.com--March 10, 2022
MEXICO CITY — The women arrived at Mexico City’s central square bearing nets, yellow cones and masking tape. They quickly improvised a soccer field.
Cynthia Bailey uses Women’s History Month to talk about uterine fibroids
Brittney Griner’s Impact Is Clear as W.N.B.A. Fans Await Word From Russia
Cynthia Bailey uses Women’s History Month to talk about uterine fibroids
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images | TheGrio.com--March 10, 2022
Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Cynthia Bailey, shared that her experience with fibroids left her in a "dark place," but a noninvasive treatment helped get her life back. See more
2020 Census Undercounted U.S. Population by Nearly 19 Million
Cynthia Bailey uses Women’s History Month to talk about uterine fibroids
Photo: Christian Monterrosa | NYTimes.com--March 10, 2022
The Census Bureau said it had undercounted Black, Latino and Indigenous people and overcounted white and Asian Americans.
Black female WWII unit recognized with congressional honor
Photo: U.S. Army Women’s Museum via AP, File | TheGrio.com--March 10, 2022
BOSTON (AP) — The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal. The 422-0 vote follows a long-running campaign to recognize the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The Se
Photo: U.S. Army Women’s Museum via AP, File | TheGrio.com--March 10, 2022
BOSTON (AP) — The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal. The 422-0 vote follows a long-running campaign to recognize the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The Senate passed the legislation last year. The unit, known in short as the Six Triple Eight, was tasked with sorting and routing mail for millions of American service members and civilians. Only a half-dozen of the more than 850 members are still alive. Discover more
A Two-Year, 50-Million-Person Experiment in Changing How We Work
Photo: Richard Borge | NYTimes.com--March 10, 2022
The office was never one size fits all. It was one size fits some, with the expectation that everybody else would squeeze in.
Black History Month: Paley Center Exhibition Shines Spotlight On Black Achievements In Television
Josaphine Hobbs, seated, with Hasan White, left, and Azizah Arline, the children she had with Edward White. Photo Credit: Kriston Jae Bethel for NYT
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — February 10, 2022. To celebrate Black History Month, the Paley Center for Media has a new exhibit celebrating nine decades of the Black experience on television. The Paley Center for Media’s vice president, Paul Allen, gave CBS2’s Dave Carlin a tour of “Salute to Black Achievements in Television.” Read More
Black History Month 2022: Industry Celebrations
Photo: Beyoncé Madame Tussauds wax figure
Billboard February 10, 2022. From the NAACP Image Awards to month long free streaming, here's a great look into programming and events happening during Black History Month from Billboard’s 2022
Black History Month Observance. Check out the List
The History and Impact of Black Creative Directors in Luxury Fashion
Photo: Virgil Abloh and Olivier Rousteing at Off-White,
Men's Spring 2020. Stephane Feugere for WWD
WWD February 10, 2022. How Virgil Abloh, Olivier Rousteing and Ozwald Boateng brought fresh takes and charted new paths for the luxury fashion houses they helmed as creative leads.
15 Vegan Cookbooks to Inspire You to Join the Plant-Based Revolution
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Vogue January 23, 2022 Even if you have no intention of ever giving up meat, fish, dairy, or eggs, there’s a strong case for familiarizing yourself with a vegan cookbook. Not only is keeping to a largely plant-based diet known to be better for your health, it’s generally much more sustainable as well. (For a quick and comprehensive overview of how to eat green, see this New York Times guide.)
A Nike Executive Seeks a Family's Forgiveness for a 1965 Murder
Josaphine Hobbs, seated, with Hasan White, left, and Azizah Arline, the children she had with Edward White. Photo Credit: Kriston Jae Bethel for NYT
NYT January 18,2022 Barbara Mack hugged Larry Miller after he apologized for killing her brother, Edward David White. But if she were 30 years younger, she told him, “I would have been across that table at you.” PHILADELPHIA — Barbara Mack lives a block from the corner where her teenage brother was shot to death while on his way home from work on Sept. 30, 1965. Hasan Adams was only 8 months old when the bullet took his father. Azizah Arline was months from being born and never met her dad. More than half a century later, they have finally received an apology from, and discussed restitution with, the man who committed the murder. Read More
At 63, Sade’s Signature Beauty Is More Timeless Than Ever Before
Vogue January 18, 2022 Sade Adu is no ordinary beauty. Since Adu, who turns 63 today, released her debut LP Diamond Life in 1984, the Nigerian-British singer has not only left an indelible mark on the R&B landscape, but also cultivated a striking signature aesthetic. The red lips, the rope braid, the gold hoops—it’s an unmistakable combination that’s all her own, three decades and counting. Read More
Stevie Wonder is the latest to push for Congress to Act
Watch Stevie Wonder's video concerning the Voting Rights Act above.
(CNN) January 18, 2022 Stevie Wonder has joined the push for voting rights bills with an open message for senators.
"Any senator who cannot support the protection of voting rights in the United States of America cannot say they support the Constitution. Stop the hypocrisy, cut the bull-tish," the award-winning performer said in a video message posted on his YouTube channel. Read More.
bell hooks' death is a call to action
Photo: Karjean Levine-GettyImages | Marcie Bianco-NBCNews
December 21, 2021
And why exposing the strictures of the dynamic and intersecting systems of domination was only the start of her vision, not the endgame.
“What is our lesson in this moment? What does bell hooks’ death enjoin us to do?”
These were the questions I asked myself as I walked circles around the Stanford University Bookstore on Wednesday, just hours after reading of hooks’ passing, at the age of 69, from end-stage renal failure. Read More
New 'West Side Story' by Steven Spielberg lessens racism in the original, but not enough
Photo: GettyImages I Luisita Lopez Torregrosa -NBCNews
December 21, 2021
When I saw the depiction of Puerto Rico in the first version, I was embarrassed. Ignorance, banality and violence define the Puerto Rican characters this time, too.
Decades ago, on my first visit to New York City, we drove past multiple blocks of brown brick tenements where boys huddled in corners, smoking and whistling at girls walking by, while older men in undershirts and scuffed panama hats puffed on cigars and played dominoes. These were my paisanos, fellow Puerto Ricans, and this was East Harlem. Read More
The porn trauma Billie Eilish experienced shows preteens need better sexual literacy
Photo: Theo Wargo -GettyImages | Patricia Grisafi-NBCNews
December 21, 2021
Porn literacy as part of sex education can help young people identify harmful situations and navigate topics like consent.
In college, I was a Cool Girl — for a bit. I wasn’t hot, but I was skinny. I wore low-rise Diesel jeans to art history lectures. I drank tequila from the bottle at late-night parties. When my male friends talked about porn, I laughed along. I was routinely praised for being “chill” and “fun.” Read More
The online dating beauty filter trap
Photo: Michelle Rohn-NBCNews | Hanna Kozlowska -NBCNews
December 21, 2021
These tools will make you look more like the widely admired beauty ideal. But if you use them, you could be disappointing everyone — including yourself.
Dating coach Eric Resnick recently had a client send him photos she wanted to use for her dating app profile. The pictures were labeled “FaceApp 1,” “FaceApp 2” and “FaceApp 3,” revealing the client treated them with a photo-editing app that lets you smooth out your wrinkles, fill in your hairline or chisel your cheekbones. Read More
In Conversation With Two Indigenous Women Fighting for the Future of the Amazon—And the Planet
Photo: Courtesy of Marie Jacquemin I Chantal James-Vogue December 20, 2021
“There is no way to separate the fight for Indigenous rights from the fight for environmental rights, because we see ourselves as being the land itself. We are part of the earth and everything that affects the earth directly affects us.” -Sônia Guajajara. Read More
The Irony of British-Inspired Tea Parlors in New York City
Photo: Bubi Canal-TheNewYorker I David Kortava-TheNewYorker December 20, 2021
It is an irony of history, if not an instance of cosmic feminist karma, that the best British-inspired tea parlors in New York City—among them Tea & Sympathy, Lady Mendl’s, and Brooklyn High Low—are women-owned establishments. From 1657, when tea first became available in London’... Read More
Thousands of Afghan refugees on U.S. bases wait for Americans to welcome them home
Photo: Spc. Froylan Grimaldo /7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment-NBCNews I Khaled Hosseini-NBCNews
December 21, 2021
An American host helped my family thrive after we escaped from Afghanistan. Now a new program lets the next generation of Americans do the same.
It began when I was 15, in Paris, on a cold December night in 1979. We were having dinner at our apartment with the family of a colleague of my father’s from the Afghan Embassy, where my father was finishing out the balance of his four-year diplomatic posting. A news break on the television interrupted dinner, and suddenly the table fell silent as we watched images of Soviet tanks rolling along dusty Afghan roads. Read More
‘The New Black Vanguard’ Explores Fashion Photography as Art
Photo: NADINE IJEWERE/COURTESY THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART / Rosemary Feitelberg-WWD
December 23, 2021
Instead of focusing on a designer outfit or a rail-thin model, a new exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts examines the artistry of fashion photography as pictured by leading Black photographers.
Unveiled Friday, “The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion,” features the work of 15 photographers, predominantly under the age of 30 and from different parts of the world. Read More
Fashion’s Future and the Power of Social Good
Fashion’s Future and the Power of Social Good
Photo: Getty Images /WESTEND61-WWD
December 23, 2021
Meta introduces a framework to help brands authentically activate their purpose and social good programs via the Meta technologies and programs.
Since 2015, thousands of companies, including Meta, have committed to partnering with the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to achieve established targets by 2030.1 Consumer’s desire for brands to address these challenges has only accelerated and it has impacted all aspects of the consumer journey, especially purchasing decisions. In fact, a Kantar study commissioned by Meta found that 56 percent of consumers globally say it’s very important that the brands they buy from... Read More
Kenny Dunkan, No Apologies
Radicalité? Or a Return to Normal? Like Its Fashion, the Booming Paris Art Scene Offers a Bit of Both
Photo: Studios des Acacias by Mazarine Story Vogue October 28, 2021 Two weeks separate the final day of Paris Fashion Week from the first day of Fiac, the International Contemporary Art Fair, where some 170 galleries set up shop under the same roof. Except this year, that roof was not the sublime, paned glass of the Grand Palais. At the Grand Palais Éphemère, its renovation stand-in, there is no natural light streaming from above. The vaulted hall could be a convention center—or airport terminal—in any major city. But its direct view to the Eiffel Tower sets things straight: an event of this scale in Paris will always feel unlike anywhere else. Read More
Megan Thee Stallion Graduates College
(Photo Instagram)
Holding her blinged out cap with the words
"Real Hot Girl Sh*t"
in black crystals, Megan shared a post on Instagram
that she graduated from college!
She now holds a Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration.
We agree, now that's hot!
( Photo Indiecreatorsociety.com)
CNN October 21, 2021 ...too many hidden gems are well out of reach for the everyday literary enthusiast.Solange is trying to change that. The singer's creative studio Saint Heron recently launched a free community library that aims to increase access to rare and out-of-print works by Black and brown authors.
Brunello Cucinelli Presents Next Project for Humanity
(Photo: Solomeo's Universal Library WWD October 28,2021)
MILAN — Is old-school print on paper a thing of the past?
Not if Brunello Cucinelli has anything to say about it.
The Italian entrepreneur has been known to rub shoulders with Silicon Valley tycoons, but, in his mind, the desirability of physical tomes beats e-books on all fronts. So much so that, on Thursday, Cucinelli presented his next project for Solomeo, the medieval Italian village home to his namesake company — a Universal Library.
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NYC Shoppers Shun Madison Avenue as Swanky Boutiques Depart
NYC Shoppers Shun Madison Avenue as Swanky Boutiques Depart
NYC Shoppers Shun Madison Avenue as Swanky Boutiques Depart
(Bloomberg) -- Shoppers are scanning Manhattan’s brick-and-mortar stores again, in search of wardrobe upgrades for the return to offices and in-person gatherings. Madison Avenue is one retail hub getting left out of the rebound. Read More
The Smithsonian's "Sleeping Beauty" awakens on the mall
NYC Shoppers Shun Madison Avenue as Swanky Boutiques Depart
NYC Shoppers Shun Madison Avenue as Swanky Boutiques Depart
A whimsical fortress with an eventful past, it sits these days on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as little more than eye candy. The Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building (AIB for short), vacant for nearly 20 years due to major structural concerns, is about to reopen to the public this fall – just in time for the Smithsonian's 175th anniversary. Read More
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