Remember when girl groups were a recurring force in the mid to late ‘90s and tantalized our ears with soulful songs? Remember when neo-soul dominated the airwaves around the same time and everyone wanted to don crochet hats and celebrate their natural beauty and “otherness”?
SHADES is an online, bi-monthly magazine profiling the lives and work of emerging artists and activists from all genres whose creativity is a reflection of revolutionary change. (read more)
Current Issue
Uprooted
The Philly-based Black Lily Film & Music Festival plants a foundation for indie artists and sets the bar for Third Wave feminism
Artwork: Goldi Gold
I’m an illustrator and everything else under the sun. My aim is creating crazy, fly, thought-provoking art for the people.
Flavor of Love 3: 3rd Coming of the Coonery?
This season, Flavor Flav returned with his third installment of Flavor of Love. Since the conception of the show, many African-Americans have adamantly expressed their sentiment that this is the most comprehensible act of Coonery that many in our generation have ever had the displeasure of witnessing.
Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny
Every young man in his life seeks the guidance of someone who they believe they can model themselves after. Some young men look to their parents, some to their peers, and sometimes some sadly seek the comfort of gangs. Whether positive or negative all young men seek out a beacon to look towards to navigate their lives in this difficult world.
Continuation of a Black Hole
Black holes eat time. Known.
Make sure you are watching at a safe distance.
Make sure you are watching from thousands of years away.
(Distance is the only possible precaution)
