Black Face: Why I Surround Myself with Images of African-American/Black Beauty in Fashion
When I was a little girl fashion was one of many escapes from my reality. Catalogs and magazines were the fodder on which my dreams were...
Is Cultural Appropriation in Fashion Appropriate? 文化挪用適用時尚嗎？
To take for oneself. To take without permission or consent. The dictionary defines appropriation as an act of taking. A forceful use of...
We Are Strong -Japanese Version
This Article is Japanese version of We Are Strong, written by Megumi Hiramoto on 1 November. 多くの国で人種に関するトピックが飛び交う中、アメリカでの生活を始めるまで正直あまり馴染み...
Don't Call Me a Millennial
I do not like being called a millennial. There. I said it. The term millennial gets thrown around as carelessly as any other overly used...
Fashion Simulacrum
(Left) Edward Weston, Study of Neil, 1926 (Right) Sherrie Levine, Untitiled, after Edward Weston, 1979 There is a word in the art world...
"Perfection"
Many of you may know Alexis Ren. She is an Instagram bikini model who has nearly seven million followers. The Los Angels-based...
We Are Strong
Even though racial topics are ubiquitous in many countries today, I have not been familiar with it until I actually stated to live in the...
Bumbling Around With Online Dating
So, I tried online dating. Actually, I tried a dating app, but I lump them together in the same category. Fortunately, there is not as...
Editor Vs Blogger: I Love to Hate You
Three years ago, when I was the assistant to my blogger, I sometimes attended the brand invites on his behalf. There was one event I...
Making My Blackness a “Normality”
Until I reached middle school, growing up, an Oreo was simply a delicious chocolate cookie with white cream in the center. I didn’t know...
