Last week, I reached my capacity for bad news (for future reference, I’m writing this in the time of coronavirus). Lately, I’ve taken to deliberately avoiding the latest headlines about Covid-19 and aggressively focusing on the things which give me joy. Like lingerie. (You’re very surprised, I know.) As a Black woman, I’m always looking for photographers who know how to capture our skintones without lightening them…and for designers who […]
A guest editorial by Sweets of Sweet Nothings NYC This piece is dedicated to every friend and every reader who has ever commented, emailed, messaged, or texted me in a panic about finding lingerie options for special occasions, especially weddings. I often forget, because I’ve been immersed in the DD+ lingerie world for at least twelve years now, that for many Americans the concept of bra sizes larger than a […]
Here is my Valentine’s Day editorial, 10 days late, because during the week of love, I was trying to save a friend’s life. Still am trying, in fact. The details aren’t mine to share publicly, especially not here, but I don’t know if I’ve felt such a deep, profound, upswelling of Philia, the Greek word for the kind of platonic love between the very deepest of friends. Right now, I […]
Note: This article is not sponsored, but does exclusively feature TLA’s advertising partners. I’m writing this on December 25th, Christmas Day, one week until the first day of 2020. There’s a chicken roasting in the oven. My husband and I are trying to decide which holiday-inappropriate movie we’re going to watch (I think it’s going to be Blade II), and we’re turning over costume ideas for a themed New Year’s […]
I don’t talk about it much, but I’m Southern. As in born and raised in the South. I was born in New Orleans. I grew up in Georgia. My family is from Mississippi. The South and being from the South is a part of who I am, even if it’s not something I feel the need to talk about all the time (especially online). A couple of months ago, once […]
