by Lynnette | Oct 30, 2018 | For Women, Interviews
The name Angela Bassett has become synonymous with integrity, strength, and grace. And, with her forthcoming role as CIA Director, Erica Sloan, in Mission: Impossible-Fallout she continues to personify these very ideals. Bassett recently took time out to candidly...
by Lynnette | Oct 30, 2018 | For Girls, For Women, Interviews
Nicolette Robinson becomes the first woman of color, and first real off-stage mom to step into the role of Jenna. Nicolette Robinson recently made her Broadway debut in Waitress, taking on the central role of pie baker Jenna. Not only is this her Broadway debut, but...
by Lynnette | Sep 18, 2018 | Culture, Reviews
The fashion, the voices, and beautiful transitions through time are all divine in You Us We All. Baroque Masque, pop culture and 17th century mythical figures beautifully converge in Shara Worden’s (“My Brightest Diamond”) and Andrew Ondrejcak’s whimsical,...
by Lynnette | Sep 18, 2018 | Culture, For Girls, For Women, Reviews
“I am so perfect, so divine, so ethereal, so surreal, I cannot be comprehended except by my permission…” – Nikki Giovanni, poetess featured in Legacies Legacies is a liberating read, one that will leave young women feeling empowered to reach for their purpose...
by Lynnette | Sep 18, 2018 | For Women, Reviews
“The hand that holds the pen writes history.”-Knightley’s Colette Wash Westmoreland’s Colette, starring Keira Knightly (Colette) and Dominic West (Willy) is a beautiful film that is provocative and timely. Colette is a biographical film inspired by the life of...
by Lynnette | Sep 13, 2018 | For Women, Reviews
“My intention in giving it this name was to indicate that Hedda as a personality is to be regarded rather as her father’s daughter than her husband’s wife.”-Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen, “the father of realism”, is the most performed dramatist in the world after...
by Lynnette | Sep 13, 2018 | For Girls, For Women, Reviews
Amma Asante’s Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is film perfection. Belle is inspired by the real life story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the beautiful mixed-race illegitimate daughter of Royal Navy Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode). Belle lived in the 18th century...
by Lynnette | Jan 11, 2017 | Culture, Faith
“ Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:1-2). Some of the best conversations of my life have been with people who have appeared to be teetering between the margin of...
by Lynnette | Jun 21, 2016 | For Girls
“There were times I felt so anxious, almost like I was crawling out of my skin-that if I didn’t do something physical to match the way I felt inside, I would explode.”-Demi Lovato (August 2012 issue of Self Magazine) We live in a society where the perfect beauty,...
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