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31 Jan

This book explores what it’s wish to navigate beauty

Chloé Cooper Jones discusses her debut book Easy Beauty – an eye-opening exploration of beauty from someone who exists on the periphery of our cultural beauty ideals “I'm in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to 2 men, my friends, discuss whether my life is price living.” So begins Easy Beauty, the debut book and genre-bending memoir from philosophy professor and Pulitzer Prize-finalist author Chloé Cooper Jones. It’s not the primary time her body – its autonomy and inherent value – has been discussed in front of her. Not the primary time it’s been discussed as if separate from her, the person sat right there, listening as friends, colleagues or strangers evaluate her existence, dismissing...

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31 Dec

Scholar Sami Schalk Seeks To Merge The Worlds Of

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Scholar Sami Schalk Seeks To Merge The Worlds Of

In her newest book, Black Disability Politics, Dr. Sami Schalk, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies on the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses the parallels between racial activism and advocacy for those with disabilities. Relying heavily on research, the book partners the archives of the Black Panther Party and the National Black Women’s Project with interviews of present day Black disabled cultural staff. ESSENCE recently spoke with Schalk about her book, set for release October 31, and the role that systemic oppression plays in disability politics. For many who may not have familiarity with Black disability politics, are you able to define what it's? SAMI SCHALK (SS): I define disability politics generally as engagement with disability as a social and political issue...

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29 Dec

Madonna, Saint Laurent Showcase ‘Sex’ Book Reedition at Art

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Madonna, Saint Laurent Showcase ‘Sex’ Book Reedition at Art

On easily the busiest night Art Basel Miami Beach has seen to this point, Saint Laurent drew a specific crowd onto the beach for a viewing well price waiting in traffic for. Curated by Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello, the brand presented an exhibition of Steve Miesel’s iconic 1992 photography book “Sex,” featuring quite a few photographs of Madonna. Thirty years later, the photographs still have as much impact as ever, and on display in large scale on the partitions of the pop-up construction they demanded one’s attention. Vacarello was in attendance for the opening party Thursday night (the exhibit ran through Sunday) and Madonna herself made an appearance on the party to see her images. Other guests included Zoë Kravitz, Laura...

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28 Dec

Chanel’s Jewelry Book, All About Madonna, Cardin’s Swordplay

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Chanel’s Jewelry Book, All About Madonna, Cardin’s Swordplay

Jewelry Book Jewelry Book SPARKLING HISTORY: To mark the 90 years since Gabrielle Chanel launched her first diamond designs, a recent volume titled “Chanel Haute Joaillerie” is slated for release in December. As a suggestion of those nine a long time are the words of the couturier herself, who said she “used [her] penchant for all that shines to attempt to reconcile elegance and fashion in a set of bijou.” The high jewelry designs are, in fact, given pride of place throughout the amount’s 518 illustrations. First come the 1932 “Bijoux de Diamants” pieces designed by Chanel herself, most of which have been taken apart or have been lost to time. The duvet of the upcoming Chanel high jewelry book. Courtesy of Chanel Mirroring this primary...

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