Tag: black culture
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everyone! This is a requiem for a print stalwart. Ebony magazine, published 12 times a year since 1945, has given way to the online media revolution. The last print issue, above, was published in September 2016. The title continues as an online community at www.ebony.com. Begun by entrepreneurs John and Eunice Johnson, Ebony…
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Afrofashion/futures twists
This post is going to be more reading list than writing. Mostly I just wanted to tie together some nerdy themes (I’m a librarian, after all) into the hype for the new Black Panther movie, and get you into some history of pop-culture that overlaps with fashion, which is one of the things FIT is…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everyone! Complex magazine is published 6x/year in New York City. This title debuted in 2002 as a men’s magazine focused on hi-hop culture, music, the arts, games and gaming, and fashion. The editor, Marc Ecko (born Marc Louis Milecofsky), in his 10th anniversary edition, said his “aim was to fill a void in…