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Why Michelle Obama’s Braids Are Significant
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Madam C.J. Walker. Katherine Johnson. Lauren Simmons. Serena Williams. There are countless Black women who have proven over again that anything is possible. During her time as the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama didn’t think she could wear her hair in braids — not only because it had never been done before, but also because, whether people choose to admit it or not, hair is political. On Aug. 20, she wore the protective…
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a significant ambient hymn to the heart of a city. – Backseat Mafia
The Breakdown Room 40/Someone Good – 9.0 Hot town, summer in the city“, The Lovin’ Spoonful’s immortal sixties pop hit may not be a song that will immediately ping into mind when listening to ‘Tropical Church’, the new album by musician, sound artist and composer Olivier Cong. Yet Cong’s graphic soundtrack for his own city, Hong Kong, puts the listener as closely in touch with the complex vitality of that particular metropolis as John Sebastian’s gritty snapshot of a heat-waved New York. Released via the Room40 imprint Someone Good, ‘Tropical Church’ reveals a tapestry of exquisite ambient music for a living city, carefully woven strands of experience and memory, personal…
