Category: life etc.
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Black History- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Everyday for me is black history, it is who I am, what I live and what I know. It cannot just be a month, and the history of my people matter everyday, to me. I am also Nigerian, shaped by some of the most influential minds in history; Madam Tinunbu, Nnamdi Azikwe, my grandmother, mother and…
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The September Issue
The September Issue of any magazine is the crowning glory of its year, the defining issue, it draws in the big advertisers, big brands and inspires reader fanfare. It is important, in some ways political, topical, and the cause of many a fuss. The September Issue separates the players from the settlers; it is fashion’s new year, the new…
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Happy Ever After.
One of my best friends is getting married and its all very dramatic, everything is happening at once and it almost feels like a quiet storm is brewing, somewhere in the near future the collision will be cataclysmic and it will take no prisoners. To that end, planning a wedding is not for the faint…
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Charleston
When we ask ourselves days, weeks, months, years later, what happened in Charleston, the words to articulate it will be there on the tips of our tongues, but it will be hard to speak them, because to do so would be to understand and to understand would be to accept. And accept we cannot. Yet the words…
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Essence- Black Lives Matter
Fifty years ago today Malcolm X was murdered in cold blood. Fifty years on, and we have not move on from where he left us, still fighting the same fight, still trying to make sure people know our lives, Black Lives, Matter. I waited a long time to read this issue of Essence, we get it…
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Shopping The Sales
Like most everyone I know, I love a good bargain. Although sometimes I cannot help myself, when I see something I want, I want it NOW, full price regardless, but you cannot beat the thrill of a good bargain. However, from time to time, one must be able to put themselves in check, and for me…
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Mediocrity In Vogue
If it seems like I am always ragging on Vogue, its because I expect them to do better, to know better, and if they are as fashion forward as they want to believe they are, want to convince their readers that they are, they should re-define their definition of fashion, step outside their comfort zone…
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Grammar- The FANBOYS
As a writer I am always at odds with the English language, between starting a sentence with a conjunction, for purely rebellious reasons, and using ellipsis and exclamation marks more often than is humanly appropriate, I should be locked up for crimes against the English language. Over the past few months however, my attitude towards…
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Galliano, The Return- It’s Not About Fashion.
In church, on Sunday, the Reverend Father said this quote “every saint was a sinner and every sinner has a future.” He continued, “Saints were once like us, weak and fragile and in need of God’s guidance.” For some reason that had me thinking about John Galliano and this post. I’ve come at it from different…