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- Made in L.A.
When Forever 21 isn’t knocking off indie and major label designs, and being sued for it, I wonder how much time they devote to damage control in light of the Made in L.A. documentary? Probably not much, seeing as though I’m just now learning about the 2007 Grammy awarded film two years later.
Far from the [...]
- Black Barbies, Models, and Magazines
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s been a rather slow year for print media, especially magazines. Recently a list of the worst selling covers for U.S. magazines has been compiled and as MakeFetchHappen says there’s “not a Black face in the bunch”. The excuses for why magazines fail (refuse) to put talented Black models and [...]
- Justice For LaTeisha Green
Yesterday was the first day in the trial of Dwight DeLee who is accused in the murder of LaTeisha Green.
On a Friday night last November, Green and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling “profane and vulgar comments,” police reports [...]
- Our Lives Matter
It’s sad irony when on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots a bar, celebrating pride here in Texas, is raided. Police walked into the Rainbow Lounge last week and started pushing around and assaulting patrons. Via the New York Times:
The grand opening sign still hangs above the door of the Rainbow Lounge, but [...]
- Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project
I had no idea there was a film. Dreams Deferred is being shown this Saturday (Feb. 14, 2009) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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This documentary tells the little known story of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old student who was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. [...]
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