Choosing Minimalism: Why Scaling Back Is Good
A few months ago I watched a video from one of favorite my bloggers. I am just inspired by everything she does — she could give a tutorial on blowing your nose and I’ll be ready with a pen and pad....
View ArticleThe Ultimate Indulgence: Beauty Editor Getaway to the Royalton White Sands in...
Ended up with a puff and a red lip. #SoBeautifulInJamaica by @candaceamos I went to Jamaica for the weekend. Not the section in the borough of Queens, but the actual Caribbean island, roughly four and...
View ArticleBeyonce’s Met Gala 2015 Dress Was All About Hoisting Her Feminist Power
View image | gettyimages.com An unstoppable force, a freak of nature, superhuman, and at this point in the game, Queen Bey really doesn’t give a f*ck. The press (dressed to the nines, leaned on the...
View ArticleFamiliarizing Thyself with the Word ‘No’
You know what I don’t miss? Driving home from a party two hours away from my house in a mix of groggy, tad tipsy, exhaustion at 4 a.m — or even worse: having to crash on someone’s couch. I now hang my...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal: The Most Troubling Facet of This New Race Issue
I spent the better part of last week covering Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who pretended to be a black woman for a number of years and earned tricked everyone into voting for her as the NAACP...
View ArticleHow many times have you made an illegal turn? #SandraBland
Around this time last year I made an illegal turn. It was about 2 a.m. in the morning; bleary-eyed and not paying attention, I just wanted to get home and take my shoes off. I accidentally turned out...
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Vanity Fair Celebrates White Men Because White Men Need More Praise
If you thought Vanity Fair’s ode to the current lineup of late night hosts was jarring — shocking in its erasure of all things diverse — then congratulations, you’ve just gotten a whiff of how it...
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Happy Veterans Day! Now About #ConcernedStudent1950
Is anyone else feeling particularly melancholy on this Veterans Day? I know that Memorial Day — which is in May, not November — is the holiday reserved for honoring fallen servicemen and women with...
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The Hollywood Reporter squandered an opportunity to talk to actresses of...
[Note: This was written a long while ago, but I somehow forgot to hit publish. ] The Hollywood Reporter squandered a critical opportunity to champion for inclusion when assembling stars for its annual...
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Shady Santa and the Hate Crime That Wasn’t
“Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains” is a scripture I believe in. Sadly, it doesn’t apply to journalists working to move copy from edit to print. I have been there — that… The post...
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