“This is for all of the women, women of color, and colorful people, whose stories, ideas, thoughts, are not always considered worthy and valid and important.” **Tracee Ellis Ross 2017 Golden Globe**
I'm a classy woman with a little bit of hood and a lot of God in me. I am not being sacrilegious; however I praise the sitcom Chewing Gum. It is a British series set in a London counsel estate aka the projects. It is written by and starring Michaela Coel. Coel plays Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé and sex obsessed 24-year-old virgin. While watching, I thought of the novel White Teeth, by Zadie Smith.…
You can tell a lot about a person by the books that they read and the same can be said about the podcasts they enjoy. Here are my favourite podcasts. (more…)
Here is a moody and assertive playlist that explores confusion, pain and womanhood. It has music from Solange, Mary J. Blige, Tweet, Rhianna, Monica and Janet Jackson to name a few.
Here I am enjoying some great music (more…)
My name is Patrice Rhone and I am a marketing professional, fashion fanatic and 80’s baby from Toronto with Jamaican roots. The blog is a series of fashion centric personal essays. I reflect on issues that affect plus size women, black women and women of colour.
