Category: SOCIETY
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Why I Used To Love Wearing My Scarf, Hijab Style
by C. Shardae “Shae” Jobson On February 1, the first day of Black History Month and National Freedom Day, unbeknownst to me, it was also the fifth annual World Hijab Day. Initiated by Nazma Khan, a Bangladesh-born Muslim who’s lived in New York since age eleven and raised in the knockabout Bronx, the purpose of […]
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It’s Always The Quiet Ones: Jhene Aiko’s “Maniac” Is A Freak Flag For Introverts Everywhere
by Shae “Watch Jhene Aiko‘s Insanely Sexy ‘Maniac’ Video.” “Jhene Aiko Heads To The Asylum In New ‘Maniac’ Video. ” “Watch Jhene Aiko’s Darkly Sexual ‘Maniac’ Video.” All three headlines focused on the visual aspects of Aiko’s latest music video. She does act out scenes in which her “character”, in coal-toned rooms, is seen in a hospital […]
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The Zine Never Left: Print & Zine Brooklyn Fest Spotlights Indie Women Artists and Activists
by Shae Kahlo In the 1990s, the zine (sometimes written as ‘zine) was the alternative to the glossy, look at me magazines of Cosmopolitan and even Rolling Stone on any newsstand or bookstore. Zines are often smaller in size, straight from the copy machine, and available on random. Street corners, cafes, and local flea markets and […]
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