theHotness » Vogue Italia http://thehotness.com spirit.fire.she Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FLYASPORA: QUEENS http://thehotness.com/2012/05/04/flyaspora-queens/ http://thehotness.com/2012/05/04/flyaspora-queens/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 21:30:50 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=3392 Bawse. Sharp. Foine. Smart. Mahogany. Awkward. Classy. Regal. Erotic. Heard. Loud & Clear. Honey. Sho Nuff. Soft. Sexy. Hard. Foxy. Brown. These are Mickalene’s queens. Shoot, let’s keep it real, these are OUR Queens. Our mamas, our aunties, our sisters, our homegirls, our teachers, our grandmas. us. Crown high. Roots–deep & low. Bout it.

“Rumble” (from the “Brawling Spitfire Wrestling” series); 2005

Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her photographs and her elaborate Read more...

]]> http://thehotness.com/2012/05/04/flyaspora-queens/feed/ 3 Fashion Industry’s Problem With Black Girls http://thehotness.com/2011/06/16/fashion-industry%e2%80%99s-problem-with-black-girls/ http://thehotness.com/2011/06/16/fashion-industry%e2%80%99s-problem-with-black-girls/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:18:13 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=2245 UPDATE (06.21.11): Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief, Franca Sozzani, responds to recent claims that the Fashion Industry is racist. The title of her post, which was published yesterday, “Why It Is So Hard To Scout For Black Models?” never really gets answered. Instead Sozzani minimizes the allegations of racism by saying that the media has an unfortunate need to be controversial: “I feel sorry for being a journalist. I do understand that few of us do this Read more...

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