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4 Oct

‘We Built This’: A Temporary History Of Black Laborers’

by Beauty Tips
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‘We Built This’: A Temporary History Of Black Laborers’
“Eat the wealthy.” That’s what was emblazoned on the back of Chris Smalls’s red and black bomber jacket he wore during a White House meeting with President Biden back in May. The conversation got here after Smalls, 33, formed the Amazon Labor Union (or ALU), and made history leading the primary successful US union campaign at Amazon. Smalls’s unionizing efforts was prompted by his firing from an Amazon warehouse position where he pushed against inhumane hours, poor advantages and inadequate wages. Smalls’s rallying cry echoed the grievances of the greater than 800,000 Amazon staff, whose back-breaking labor helped contribute to the e-commerce giant’s $1322.24B net value. Briefly, he was David to the tech world’s Goliath. What’s much more remarkable about...
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28 Sep

A Temporary History of (My) Dark Academia ‹ Literary

by Beauty Tips
Beauty, Featured
A Temporary History of (My) Dark Academia ‹ Literary
OriginsWhere there may be academia, there may be dark academia. Dark academia is academia’s black swan and shadow self, a mirror that reflects and opposes: it’s how academics wish to see themselves, the apotheosis and the parody of who they at all times already are. Pythagoras, chased by enemies, refusing to run through a field of beans because he believed they resembled fetuses, and wouldn’t kill them, so died himself as a substitute. Hypatia, Neoplatonist mathematician, martyred for teaching philosophy. The invention of the zero. Dark academia is each young and old, richly storied yet not possible to pin down. But the web iteration of the genre [1] officially began in 1992, with...
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17 Sep

Respect Our Roots: A Transient History Of Our Braids

by Beautifaire101
Hair, Featured
Respect Our Roots: A Transient History Of Our Braids
Getting braids—single plaits, cornrows or any style that weaves together three strands of hair—is a rite of passage for a lot of Black women in America. Who can remember spending hours as a baby sitting on the ground between a loved one’s legs as your tresses were rigorously intertwined? And today as adults a lot of us frequent salons for more expertly crafted masterpieces. Nevertheless, unlike a number of our popular styles, equivalent to finger waves and rod sets, braids are greater than mere aesthetics. They bind us together. They're an integral a part of Black culture—past, present and future. ANCESTRAL ROOTS  The invention of ancient stone paintings depicting women with cornrows in North Africa shows that braids date back 1000's of years....
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