Kanye won’t let Twitter be great: an open letter

Dear Kanye, Hey bro. How’s it goin? It was very cool to see this story about your performance at the Facebook offices. I have to say I’ve been a fan of yours for a while, so it’s very cool to see social media music colliding in such a great way. Even after the emo madness [...]

Essence Hires a White Fashion Director

Yes, you read that right. From Fishbowl NY: The door continues revolving atEssence: now, the magazine has named Ellianna Placas as its new fashion director and Tasha Turner as its new senior beauty editor. Placas will make her debut with the magazine’s 40th anniversary September issue and will oversee the conception and packaging of Essence‘s fashion coverage, feature [...]

Amber Rose in Complex Magazine: Sexy Beast (?)

Jezebel talks about Amber Rose’s most recent photo shoot for Complex Magazine: The industry’s general unwillingness to embrace models of color as anything besides the exoticized “other” is thwarting the development and popularization of other kinds of black beauty. Even Alek Wek, the Sudanese supermodel, noted that she was often asked to pose in spreads [...]

Fab Coat Alert!

i have no other comments except that the coat–and the boots–are BAD (meaning good).  thanks to my buddy mike for passing this along via gtalk.

Remember, Remember the Fourth of November: Black Blogger Roundup

Two days ago, we elected our first Black President. Here is a roundup of what Black folks are saying around the Blogosphere: Average Bro gives some random thoughts the day after the election, including why all Barack would have to do is do a good job and it would be better for Black people. Stereohyped [...]