Archive for March, 2017
Have you ever felt as if your reflection is speaking to you? Sometimes the words are encouraging, kind even, things like “Wow, you look great today!” or “Girl, slay!”. But other times, it feels as if your reflection is yelling cruel, hurtful things at you. The words feel like knives against your soul, they break your
The Hamilton Chicago cast continues to prove that they are taking after their revolution-hungry roles that they play on stage every night. On Jan. 21 during the women’s marches happening all around the world, most of the cast took to the streets, marching alongside the crowd. The women who play the Schuyler sisters, Karen Olivo,
There was nothing out of the ordinary happening today, my dear friend cancelled our dinner plans and so I carried on with my day. I spent most of it daydreaming if you must know. As time wasted away, I found myself quarreling with an intruding thought that entered my brain. I argued that though uncontrollable, with
This poem was inspired by the scent of my Eco Styler Argan Oil gel. The smell reminded me of the change I went through last summer. Here is a poem recounting what happened. Argan Oil The smell of summertime, Skin glistening as the waves Wash over my sun baked melanin shell. Laughs of strangers Escaping
The date 19th of April 2017 is a released date for ‘Kartini’, an Indonesian movie about a woman named R.A. Kartini, a daughter from a noble family. But, who is she and why Indonesian women should watch it? Who is Kartini? The date 21st of April always on the back of every Indonesian women’s mind.
Shannon “Boody” Boodram is a certified sexologist who teaches sex education and health through social media, with her biggest platform being YouTube where she focuses on the topics of sex, love, relationships and occasionally beauty videos. She is a host on MTV’s “Guide To,” an author, has her own show with Fullscreen and created her
Who is Terris Johnson Terris Johnson goes by the alias of Jon Aton when he does photography. He’s 17 years old and based in PG County Maryland, although he frequents the D.C. metropolitan are. He aspires to be a photojournalist and writer. His website is JON-ATON.COM where you can see more of his work. His twitter
Lily Collins, 28 year old actress, has appeared in several films. She appeared in the film The Blind Side where she played the role of Collins, Sandra Bullock’s character’s daughter. In Abduction, a thriller, action packed film she starred next to Taylor Lautner. There are several other films we must not forget, such as Mirror Mirror,
I wrote this poem about a five year on again, off again relationship I was in during middle and high school. In this relationship, I was either completely infatuated with him or I hated his guts and this poem demonstrates the feelings I went through and feeling I had towards him over those years. The
Lindsey Stirling (above) Breakout hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling jumpstarted her career as a quarter-finalist in the fifth season of America’s Got Talent. Despite her elimination, Stirling continued composing and posting videos of her choreographed performances to her YouTube channel. Stirling was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Music in 2015. Her single “Shatter
Red Nose day is an annual charity event part of Comic Relief, which gets comedians together for a live TV event to help raise money, primarily for causes in Africa. Honestly, as I watch each annual Comic relief TV special, I ask the same question ‘Why is Africa fixed yet?’, which of course, is a
Photo Credit: NME Phase 4: commenced. In a recent flurry of posts on the band’s social media, the famed digital musical group Gorillaz recently dropped their first four official singles off of their highly anticipated album HUMANZ, which has been set for release on April 28 of this year. The tracks are titled ‘Andromeda’, ‘Ascension’, ‘We
