This place is cluttered to the maximum. Here, are all of the books that I have ever read. Starting from the pretty picture book fairytales on to the uncompromisingly honest autobiography of Malcolm X, illustrated only by the beautiful-ugly truths of America. Not to forget the obligatory collegiate readings that crushed the fairytales only to [...]

In the first part of our Black Body Politic series, we briefly discussed the history of black models and fashion. This installment finds us chatting with up and coming model Khayattollah. Khayattollah has been a model and muse for the Boxing Kitten brand, an amazing company whose designs are based on the tradition of women with [...]

The word model derives from the Latin root modellus, which describes a human’s typical approach at coping with reality. A model has the propensity to illustrate and define the segment of reality that they are representing. In the case of fashion models the same rules apply.
Fashion designers are folks who attempt to create their niche, [...]

The late Octavia Estelle Butler became the first African-American woman to be recognized as an internationally renowned award winning science fiction writer. Such illustrious awards include the PEN lifetime achievement award and the Macarthur foundation “Genius” grant, to name a few. With her work, Butler injects the experiences and perspectives of African-American women in the [...]