“I’m done pretending that I will ever work in the corporate world again,” my designer/stylist friend Sarah Church said as she showed me her fresh wrist tattoo. The puffy red heart was about the size of a nickel, and would hardly be an issue for an office workplace since a watch or bracelet could easily cover it. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fierce flawless fabulous femme'
Entrepreneur of the Week: Coffee, tattoos, fashion, and why I don’t want a job.
January 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · char and the city, Entrepreneur of the Week, fierce flawless fabulous femme
Tags:Chicago·entrepreneurship·fashion·life·writing
The Coil Review: Picking up where Chris Rock #failed.
January 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · fierce flawless fabulous femme, life in black and white
Since the beginning of the year, I have become SO much more natural-hair conscious. I notice us more in commercials and TV shows, in magazines and on the streets. AND I LOVE IT. This is SO awesome. I found this commercial/trailer on the fabulous blog, The Black Bot, and it’s a great promotion for the [...]
Tags:life·movies·natural hair
Naturally, it’s the New Year!
January 7th, 2010 · 10 Comments · fierce flawless fabulous femme, life in black and white, snap[shot]., spirit
For me, the blustery, Chicago-cold new year of 2010 rang in with my head feeling a whole lot colder than I’ve EVER been used to. On December 31, 2009, I stripped my hair of all the weaves and extensions and wigs and relaxers and products that I have used for pretty much my entire life. [...]
Shut up UNICO: Jersey Shore is a beautiful, hot, sticky mess.
December 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · fierce flawless fabulous femme
December, 2009. Reality TV. Two words. Jersey Shore. Whether you’ve watched the MTV “Reality” show or not, you’ve heard SOMETHING about it. Perhaps it’s the fact that a girl got sucker-punched in the face at a bar, or that UNICO National, an organization all for advancing the rights of Italian people, is staunchly opposing the [...]
Tags:dramz·life·the ghetto·TV
Brittany Murphy, my one-time THINspiration.
December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · fierce flawless fabulous femme
Brittany Murphy, a beloved Hollywood actress, died this morning of full cardiac arrest at the age of 32. Brittany Murphy was also an inspiration to me at one point–but probably not in the way you’d initially think. Clueless was a staple of my childhood. Cute, innocent girls livin’ the dream in Cali. When we were younger, [...]
