Category: Art
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The Return of the Queen
Beyoncé’s Met Gala Chairmanship and the Shadow of Rihanna’s Reign By Dwayne Hinds The fashion industry, a realm often characterized by its fleeting trends and ephemeral obsessions, experienced a seismic shift this week. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute…
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The Fight Continues
Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah and The Jamaica Reparations Handbook For 400 years, millions of Africans endured institutionalised enslavement in the Western world. Over a century later, the descendants of those enslaved people consequently experience significant generational wealth gaps, land disparity, and…
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Two Gripping Reads from Jamaican Author J.L. Campbell
Jamaican author J.L. Campbell continues to captivate readers with stories that are bold, emotionally charged, and impossible to put down. Whether exploring the quiet devastation of betrayal or the consuming fire of revenge, Campbell’s novels dig deep into human emotion…
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Women Write Too!
Demystifying the Propaganda Against Women’s Literary Ability — Honouring the Ones History Ignored I’m from a small community — Lluidas Vale — and off the top of my head, I can count on one hand the people who have published…
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Book Feature: Gunshot Wedding by Maria McKenzie
What happens when an abused and codependent man becomes entangled with an independent woman? And more profoundly—what happens when a woman chooses a partner whom God did not choose for her? Maria McKenzie explores these difficult questions in her debut…
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Back to the Blackboard
The Lost Art of Lyricism When Beenie Man said, “Gyal, I goin’ take mi chalk and mark up your blackboard,” everybody could sing along. Of course, the sentiment meant something entirely different to children than it did to older folks.…
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Collections of Self 🚪📜
Vol 01. 🎐📜 I met myself in the silence Alone, not one applause , no one remained. Stripped of the titles, the noise, the shame. I learned how breathe when i’m all on my own. In the silence, my racing…
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It’s Got Wabi Sabi
We’re taught that perfection is the price of entry, but I’ve learned it’s often the enemy of growth. This is about the deadly cost of delay, the beauty of Wabi-Sabi, and why you shouldn’t wait until you’re perfect to start—because…