How the Beauty Industry Is Taking up Threads, Meta’s

9 Jul

The wonder industry is entering its Threads era. From firms like Tarte Cosmetics, Milk Makeup, Sephora and the Estée Lauder Cos. to beauty tastemakers including Desi Perkins and Monet McMichael (no sign of Alix Earle — yet), the industry’s denizens are among the many 70 million-plus users who've taken to the text-based platform because it was launched by Meta late Wednesday. Like Twitter, Threads allows users to browse and share thoughts, photos and videos, and repost others’ content. Threads have a 500-character limit, and videos uploaded to the platform have to be under 5 minutes long. Unlike Twitter, Threads possesses the advantage of a clean slate: The platform is yet-unsullied by the form of controversy the previous has been grappling with since...

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31 Mar

Is ‘Swarm’ Based Off of Beyoncé? Why Twitter Is

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Courtesy of Prime Video “Swarm,” a Prime Video series that debuted on March 17, is getting a number of buzz as a result of its parallels to Beyoncé. Actually, the title alone has an obvious connection as Beyoncé’s fans are often called the Beyhive — and bees do, indeed, swarm. Dominique Fishback stars as Dre, a young woman whose obsession with global pop star Ni’Jah (played by Nirine S. Brown) takes a sinister turn. Dre develops an unhealthy obsession, murdering anyone who discredits her as an artist. Created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, the series includes real-life singers Chloe Bailey (who was signed under Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment enterprise) and Billie Eilish. Malia Obama cowrote the show’s fifth episode. Together with...

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18 Dec

These Are All The Businesses That Have Left Twitter

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Hair, Featured

Celebs have already announced their departures from Twitter in response to Elon Musk’s challenge-riddled latest leadership. Now it looks like businesses are following suit. It has been reported that major advertisers have began to flee Twitter since Elon Musk gained ownership of the platform in October amid growing concerns around misinformation, hate speech, and bizarre changes to the favored verification process. The tech billionaire made headlines when he pulled the trigger on a company-wide gutting of departments dedicated to AI ethics and content moderation amongst others. In a Gizmodo report, the use of the N-word increased 500%. In response to the tumult, advertisers are opting to drag their dollars from the platform and other major brands are deleting their accounts...

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16 Dec

Twitter Reportedly Has Gutted Half Of Their Workforce—Here’s How

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What's The Tea, Featured

On Friday, Twitter implemented sweeping lay offs, with most of the company’s most influential and inclusive departments being completely gutted. My heart is broken in a way I can’t explain. For a lot of Black people, Blackbirds is the explanation they selected Twitter. We were best in school and what other firms strived for. It’s special. Blackbirds is greater than an ERG it’s a community. What we built can never be dissolved. ???? https://t.co/xhtHghc1l1— Sio. M (@JustCallMeSio) November 4, 2022 The order got here just days after tech billionaire Elon Musk gained ownership, claiming he aimed to scrub the app up from harmful bots. On Thursday, it was reported that a company-wide email was sent stating employees would learn whether or...

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