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Fashion, Feminization, Or Who Gives A F*ck?
One of my favorite pictures is from my 11th birthday party. I had a sleepover that year — 10 kids altogether — and the picture shows each of us in the living room, throwing awkward peace signs and...
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ELLE Magazine “Discovers” Timberland Trend; The Entire 1990s Says “Discover...
Social media was all aflutter when ELLE Magazine‘s (Blackity Black Black Black ya’ll) fashion editor, Danielle Prescod took it upon herself to take a ride in a Delorean and claim Timberlands as the...
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Those Damn Kids Today…Are Actually Much Better People Than We Were
Predictably, the Meek Mill/Drake feud was the main topic of conversation in my barbershop Friday. In the hour or so I was there, the following points were touched on: The importance of whether Drake...
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Unfortunate Fashion Choices Of Decades Past
It’s the early aughts in NYC. A young East African girl (by way of Canada) is preparing for her sophomore year of high school in the North Bronx. She had just spent the summer with her family in...
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Apparently Dashikis Are Popular In (Local) DC Now
(If anybody knows who created that celebrity afro-centric picture, please let me know.) When I got to Morehouse College in 1997, there were two groups of people on the yard whose geograhic residence...
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Earlier today, a GQ profile of superstar quarterback Cam Newton dropped. It’s the type of story GQ has run thousands of times; spend a couple days with a handsome and famous man, marvel at how he’s...
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An Ode To Underrated 90’s Fashion Icon (And Vest Trailblazer) Thomas Mikal Ford
When I was growing up, there was one question on the playground that separated the real from the fake: Martin or Fresh Prince of Bel Air? The only answer, really, was always and will forever be Martin....
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