Arts & Culture

Midnight

I just finished viewing a documentary about dark-skinned Black females, women with melanin magic, women…

October is “Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month”

My four-year-old daughter, Xun — her name means wind in Chinese — started attending the…

The Cultural Legacy of “Negrita”

J.Lo is not Black nor does she claim that identity when she uses the term…

The Gentrification of Thrifting

It’s the first day of middle school. I’ve tied my locs into a half up…

Why Fiddling is the Perfect Hobby During Quarantine

During these days of pandemic uncertainty, many Americans have taken up all sorts of new…

Heritage Month: Translations Of One Humanity Beyond October

As immigrants in this country, many face hard realities like leaving our home countries due…

What It Means to “Trust the Body” in The Time of Trump

“Facts matter” flashes across screens constantly as an important contrast to the swirl of misinformation…

Art Reborn: How the Pandemic Transformed my Art and its Purpose

Life changed for everyone around the globe with the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus took its…

The Black Cosplay Community

The cosplay community has always been an important part of my life, long before I…

Ordinarily Extraordinary

With this photoshoot, I wanted to introduce the idea of conflicting fashion choices that work…

The Party That Shook Up The World: The Legend of D-NICE and Collective Joy During a Global Pandemic

We’ve seen this movie before, right? It is why art-making, craft and creating is as…

A Quarantine Playlist

In my sheer boredom as a result of quarantine from the COVID-19 outbreak, I took…

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Chasing Change and Challenge

Touch and feel. A journey. To touch hearts, hug them with my soul. And feel.…

Forward Magazine
Fashion as Activism

Alber Elbaz, the masterful former creative director for Lanvin, once said that fashion is “Pure,…

Disney’s Aladdin: Representation for a New Generation

A whole new world. That’s exactly what representation in media gives children who do not…