BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Shield’s up Simone! I don’t worry about the haters. The opinions that others have of you are none of your business. There...
BY JANIECE CAMPBELL This week’s Women Empowered began a career in aesthetics with three strikes against her. Being black, being a woman, as well as being...
BY JANIECE CAMPBELL Allow me to introduce you to this edition’s Women Empowered, who is none other than the supremely talented 18-year-old Trinidadian artist, Ila Lovelace-Kuhnert....
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Four walls may hold your body, but it does not have to keep your mind.” Her energy was intense, and right away...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “Simone, I want to make sure that the focus of this discussion is on the work that the chamber is doing, not...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH Classic Bitch –BSG- Milk Chocolate Nails; Bougie Bitch – Ice Me Nails; yes! I loved it. I loved what I was seeing....
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?” Langston Hughes...
BY JANIECE CAMPBELL “I pride myself on integrity, having compassion for others and having empathy. As someone who’s a visible minority within being a female, there’s...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “In attempting to understand the self in relation to the Other, it becomes an enterprise in conflict. My artwork manifests such emotional...
BY SIMONE J. SMITH “I will always have a love for Toronto, Canada. It was the first international country I performed in. Toronto loved Tingo, and...