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9 May

Tracee Ellis Ross Talks Pattern Beauty’s Purpose, U.K. Expansion

Tracee Ellis Ross Talks Pattern Beauty’s Purpose, U.K. Expansion
Tracee Ellis Ross is taking her vision for Pattern across the pond. The actor and entrepreneur is launching product within the U.K. in an exclusive partnership with Boots, starting on Wednesday. For Ross, the move was a natural extension of her accessible vision for textured hair care. “The unique dream for the brand was to be a world brand because I feel that the curly and textured community is one which spans across the globe,” she told WWD. “I desired to expand that mission so that everyone has access to their most beautiful and healthy hair.” Boots made a super partner for the brand given its broad footprint. “85 percent of the U.K. population is inside 10 minutes of a Boots store,” she...
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9 May

Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory

Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory
The Florida-based photographer and artist talks through their creative process, self-acceptance, and overcoming Instagram’s anti-nude algorithm Shoog McDaniel’s photographs of fat, often queer, persons are undoubtedly amongst probably the most striking pieces of art to be found throughout the world of fat liberation. The Florida-based photographer and artist has shot fat bodies covered in glitter, fat bodies surrounded by flowers, fat bodies rolling hefty spliffs, fat couples pressed up against each other in soft, squishy magic, and fat bodies underwater. They even photograph whole groups of fat babes embracing each other – their figures, every inch of them, laid wholly bare in togetherness.  Considered one of the primary Shoog McDaniel images I stumbled upon...
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