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9 Jan

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club

In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and female rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went in regards to the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.  The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The total phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to...
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4 Dec

How Purse First Is Breaking Up The Boys Club

In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and female rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went concerning the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.  The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The complete phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to the notion...
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9 Nov

10 Signs Kylie And Travis Could Be Breaking Up

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are two of essentially the most famous people on the planet. We’ve followed their love story for years. But, currently, some people think that every one the clues point to a Kylie and Travis break up. Are these two on the rocks? Travis has been accused of cheating with Instagram model Rojean Kar, and a few think Kylie and Travis’ on-and-off relationship is off. This wouldn’t be the primary time they’ve handled infidelity rumors. And their rocky start back in 2017 and Kylie immediately getting pregnant with Stormi isn’t exactly a solid basis for a long-lasting relationship. The pair are also selling the home they bought together back in 2018. There are more clues on social...
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15 Oct

Latine Female Founders Discuss Breaking Barriers, Scaling a Business

To shut out Hispanic Heritage Month, DealmakeHers, an invite-only community of influential female executives, hosted a “Celebrating Latina Disruptors” forum moderated by MSNBC’s Daniela Pierre-Bravo and Forbes’ Maggie McGrath on Friday. On the forum, six Latina founders, including Ceremonia founder Babba Rivera; Birdies cofounder Bianca Gates; Latin American Fashion Summit cofounder Estefania Lacayo; Curamia cofounder Dafna Mizrahi; Wondermind cofounder Daniella Pearson and Cuyana cofounder Karla Gallardo, spoke about their respective skilled journeys, how they've scaled their businesses despite facing higher barriers to entry and funding and the trail toward making a business ecosystem with increased racial parity.  Kicking off the discussion, Pierre-Bravo spoke with McGrath with about her recently released book, “The Other,” which goals to function a guide for navigating the...
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