Month: December 2020

On May 25, as I watched the video of George Floyd, I wept. I had never mourned for a stranger like I did that day. He could’ve been one of my four brothers. I was raised in a Nigerian-American, ultra-disciplinarian Christian home in the Bronx, where the maxims were work hard and love your neighbor
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There are hypebeasts, and then there are hike beasts. The most anticipated fashion collaboration of the year (and 2021, if our predictions are correct) appeals to both parties. Our ears collectively piqued when we first heard the news in September: Gucci is joining forces with The North Face for a collection that bridges mountains, both
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@scitimewithtracy New strain in the UK. #turnsoutthat #science #coronavirus #covid19 #virus #StrikeAPosay ♬ original sound – ProfTracy A new strain of highly-contagious SARS-CoV-2 was recently reported in the UK. The variant is known as B.1.1.7 or VUI-202012/01 and has been identified in COVID-19 patients as early as September. According to The New York Times, as
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Of the three hoodies featured in DKNY’s #StateOfMind campaign—the Risk Takers, the Work Ethic, and the Hustle—it’s the Work Ethic hoodie that musical duo and DKNY’s holiday partners Chloe and Halle keep returning to. Emblazoned on the front is a quote that reads: “Do not be fooled by this hoodie. There is nothing ‘business casual’
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On Sunday night, Christie Smythe transformed from journalist to subject, when ELLE’s story about Smythe’s romance with “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli went live. Shkreli, a pharmaceutical executive who became infamous when he raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, had subsequently been arrested on federal fraud charges—and Smythe broke the story of
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Last fall, authorities began a nationwide search for 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, who mysteriously vanished from their small town of Rexburg, Idaho. In the months after they went missing, the case became increasingly more complicated—and bizarre. This summer, police discovered the remains of J.J. and Tylee buried on the rural farm
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Think modern classics, warm undertones and punchy hits of colour.  By Melissa Perdigao Date December 21, 2020 Facebook Twitter Wondering what hair colour trends will be big in 2021? Switching up your hair colour is a great way to signal new beginnings, and after a year like 2020, we’re welcoming this type of change with
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After her broadway debut at just 15, Liz Gillies starred in some of television’s favorites such as Dynasty and Victorious. Her latest project, an EP with Seth MacFarlane called Songs From Home, shows off just another one of her many talents—singing jazz like you haven’t heard before. In today’s episode of Song Association, Gillies is
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Almost every weekday for six years, Christie Smythe took the F train from Park Slope downtown to her desk at Brooklyn’s federal court, in a pressroom hidden on the far side of a snack bar. Smythe, who covered white-collar crime for Bloomberg News, wore mostly black and gray, and usually skipped makeup. She and her
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