I thought it would be fitting to give a shout out to 39 year old Pat McGrath since a most humbly and modest Fashion Week just ended here in New York. Two words: Love. Her. Makeup has never really been important to GT but the fabulousness of what Pat McGrath has accomplished in the fashion game cannot [...]
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We all know that misunderstood chick on the right.
But do we know that silver haired fox known as Bethann to the left? Beth Ann Hardison is a woman warrior, former model, mother of Dwayne Wayne, a pioneer, a brilliant mind and the champion advocate of black model representation. Now some not you may think that models [...]
Remember the scene in Love Jones where Nia Long says that Sonia Sanchez’s poetry makes her want to burn her book? Well LA born Kehinde Wiley will make you want to just perish the thought of becoming a serious painter after seeing his larger than life painstakingly detailed black man collages.
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Many of music’s most gifted singers suffer from the mainstream market’s determination to categorize artists and pigeonhole them into niches. And that’s just really unfortunate. Rachelle Ferrell is one of those ultra rare singers that not only can’t be marketed; she defies category.
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GT won’t give you the atypical info about Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Yes. She played a key role in bringing Black literary culture to the to mainstream. And yes. She had a brilliant mind.
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People like Barack Obama are extremely rare. They are the kind of human beings that are brought to earth to teach humanity something about itself that it needs to learn…well at least that is how GT sees it.
I encourage you to enjoy this day and to relish and rejoice in its historical meaning. Cause fifty [...]
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