Hi everyone and A VERY HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO YOU ALL!
This week’s newsletter is going to be less writing based and more of catching everyone up on some stuff that’s been going down. Other than me (very gently) re-entering the dating scene, landing my first inbound freelancing job (GO SHAYNA GO) and going to a cafe for the first time since March 2020, some other big things have been going down. Here’s the jim-jam:
First, A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS FEATURE
I got to speak to Delmeshia, the co-owner of Tafari Wraps, a Boston-based textile company that focuses on head wraps, masks and (now) home goods! You want to look fabulous and also own fabulous, culture-covered pillows and aprons?! Look no further! We talk about how she and her mom manage running a business together, how her mom (a designer for the stars, like Miss Universe and Miss World) started in the fashion industry and the universal culture of head wraps. She’s a lovely soul and is offering all HTA subscribers a free gift but I’ll send that link to the paid subscribers (sorry everyone else…). Ok but, to be fair, I did say if yesterday’s HTA IG post got a certain number of likes that I would give the code to everyone so am I really the villain here?
Next, A NEW “PRETTY BAD ADVICE” VIDEO
My friend, Jasmine, and I have made another video. For better or worse, we think we’re hilarious. In this video, I get an audition for Slave #4 in a Quentin Tarantino movie and I need help rehearsing. That’s where the chaos starts.
Finally, I WAS PUBLISHED AGAIN BY WELL+GOOD
I don’t know you but I have been living that shaveless life of luxury for all of quarantine and then BAM! Vaccines in the USA have somehow equated to an increased pressure for women/femmes to be the hairless dolphin fetuses that we were before the world descended into madness. I was conflicted because I craaaaave compliments but I also recognize that much of what I am either “praised” for OR so much of what I am silently pressured to do so that I am not further oppressed in the society I live in involves me falling in line with patriarchal standards…like shaving. So I took all my feelings to Well+Good and wrote an article that they published. Give it a read and let me know your thoughts! ARTICLE HERE
Ok…I think that’s everything. I think you are all amazing! If you liked anything on this newsletter, please let me know (once again, I need the compliments, I’m a Libra) and DEFINITELY share this with your people :)
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