For centuries, braids have been making women of color feel powerful. To highlight how braids continues to make Black girls feel magical as well as the history of the intricately expressive hairstyle, Artist Shani Crowe decided to document her relationship with braids at Brooklyn’s Museum Of Contemporary African Disporan Arts (MoCADA). Appropriately titled, BRAIDS, Crowe told Refinery 29 what inspired her to curate such an exhibit. “As a child, I would get my hair braided every two weeks by one of my aunts or an older cousin. I picked up the skill from watching my relatives braid, and practicing on dolls. When I was around 11, and my aunts couldn’t execute the designs I wanted, I began braiding [on] my own. I was a walking advertisement for myself, and ended up attracting clientele,” Crowe said… [ MadameNoire ] Did You Know? Hotels Are No Longer Selling Hotel Rooms For many of us, a hotel room is usually used to store your belongings or sleep during a vacation but as of most recent, hotel chains want to change that. Now, they want their guests to have “experiences.” As we previously reported, brands like The Hilton want millennials to book hotel rooms to experience what the hotel has to offer and the adventures the hotel staff curate for guests. Similarly, CNN Travel reports, The Moxy, created by The Marriot doesn’t call their guests “guests,” instead, they call them “fun-hunters.” Tina Edmundson, who serves at the Marriot’s Global Brand Officer says, “They’re really excited, they’re full of life, they want to discover new things”… [ MadameNoire ] Frank Ocean Addresses Orlando Shooting and Homophobia rank Ocean turned heads back in 2012 when he clarified rumors of he being gay via his Tumblr account. The R&B crooner and songwriter took to the social media site recently to address the Orlando shooting tragedy and revealed some of his personal struggles with his sexuality as well. A portion of Ocean’s statement from his Tumblr account: I heard on the news that the aftermath of a hate crime left piles of bodies on a dance floor this month. I heard the gunman feigned dead among all the people he killed. I heard the news say he was one of us… [ HipHopWired ] T.I. On Troy Ave Shooting Case: God Help Him! [ TMZ ] Demi Lovato Quits Twitter And Instagram After Dissing Mariah Carey [ iHeart Radio ] Zaevion Dobson Will Receive The Arthur Ashe Courage Award [ Baller Alert ] The Supreme Court Just Ruled In Favor Of The Police State, And Sonia Sotomayor Is Not Having It [ Huffington Post ]
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Artist Shani Crowe Pays Homage To Cornrows In New Exhibit, BRAIDS
