Relive AFROPUNK Fest 2013 All Over Again in 94 Photos
With eye candy galore and opportunities aplenty for celebrity-gazing on Commodore Barry Park’s field grounds, this year’s AFROPUNK festival went on without a hitch and proved unstoppable in spite of...
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We all know that we should be eating 5-10 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, with an emphasis on vegetables. But most people don’t even come close to that and are missing out on very important...
View ArticleSaturn’s Return: Did Turning 35 Set Me Up for an Epic Fail?
I refuse to be remembered as a waste of space, but this is exactly who I was. As I laid there trying to solve the world’s ills by solving my own, I unpacked my emotional baggage with the worst...
View ArticleWelcome to the Pity Party
I suppose one should always aim to do the work that they’re most passionate about. But when you’re an overachiever like me, in an arena where your work is 24/7 and sacrifice is the name of the game,...
View ArticleSidebar, Dear 2013
Dear 2013, You were a real bitch. You really tried it… You brought the chaos and took away my peace. You opened old wounds that I had long forgotten, only to make me look at them as you poured copious...
View ArticleThe Black Sheep Shuffle: How I Learned to Let Go
The phone rang. One drawn out ring meant it was a text. It was Drea. That was the nature of our friendship. When we did hang out, we’d text “Home!” afterwards to let each other know that we had gotten...
View Article“Feeding” the Starving Artist 7 Ways Til Sunday
You know the drill. When you have to kill what you eat, you’ve got to hustle to get your next meal. Haul ass using the skills you were born with because there is no net to save you. No promise of a...
View ArticleSystem Overload: Mind Of A Creative Black Girl Recalibrating…
As a creator (someone who conjures up innovative ideas and finds a way to produce them for an audience outside of myself) and a communicator (someone who can absorb and deliver a message and relay the...
View ArticleOwning All of Me
Earlier today I posted a pic of myself from my fashion show days at Howard University. It was one of two pictures that I posted in support of the #ILoveHoward movement, to show how much I love(d) my...
View ArticleShapeshifting On the Road to Oblivion
Hey there… It’s been a while… remember me? After the turn of the new year, I was over it. I found myself wrestling with quiet. Blahzay. Afraid to utter for fear of speaking negative onto my future, but...
View ArticleREMEMBERING THE QUAKE: BET Honors Haiti
BET does well by honoring the victims of the 7.0 earthquake that ravaged through parts of Haiti just two years ago, with a special 106 and Park Haiti-dedicated edition airing tonight at 6pm. The show...
View ArticleGIVING BACK: Melyssa Ford in Haiti
All eyes are on Haiti today as another year passes with very little having changed with regard to the restoration process since a mega quake hit the region on January 12, 2010. When the shock was still...
View ArticleCENSORED: The Great US FireWall
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was originally posted on December 6th, 2011 at 9:51am, but because of the gravity of the potential passing of SOPA, TEAM STARK decided to repost this piece in every section of...
View ArticleMILLION PERSON PROJECT: Uganda
We weaved through the crowded taxi park of Kampala. Julian fit right in, carrying our bag on his head so he could be more agile. My feet were already so dirty, I wondered how I would feel after not...
View ArticleTRUE STORIES: On Womanhood
When I was 13, in a pink and blue diary, complete with lock and key, I scripted my life. I had spent the year prior going over in my head what would actually make sense for me. I was neck-deep in love...
View ArticlePODCASTS: Why Julie Klausner Wins
Much like the explosion of personal blogs, podcasts have become the “thing” that almost everyone now has. A lot of them are hysterically funny, creative, insightful and unique in their accessibility...
View ArticleWEEKEND JAIL: Judges Just Don’t Understand
When someone breaks the law, most hope that there is no intention behind their actions. Granted, most people don’t know every single law that presides over their residential jurisdiction, but as...
View ArticleOXYCONTIN: Souls on Ice
Chalky blue bits of OxyContin (OC) streak cruddy black down the hard silver of the foil. Dragon-tail smoke vapors whip up the red straw to the rhythmically rapid inhalations of a young man who, for...
View ArticleDOPE: Coming of Age
For those who remember having to dig in the crates at local record stores, sifting through mounds of music is no easy task, although cathartic. In today’s age, that process of finding the right music...
View ArticleThe Return of “Return of the Mack”
This might seem random to the average Gen-X-er, but I had to admit that when reading it her observation was pretty damn accurate. The song got mixed reviews in the hood when it dropped in ‘96— still...
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