Sydney Nicole Sweeney

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Yes, please, we should ALL be masking in public: An open letter to empathetic people 🙏🏾

“There was a time when pretty much every person of sense regarded mask-wearing as the bare minimum — something only conspiracy theorists…

Feb 12, 2023

A pink graphic featuring a white medical mask and text that reads in white: You can start wearing a mask again.

Feb 12, 2023

No, because I can’t be the only one who thinks Drake’s dating life is still so cringe

On Drake’s history of romantic faux pas, how high-profile women avoiding him like the plague, and why celeb couples sometimes fascinate me.

Jul 19, 2021

No, because I can’t be the only one who thinks Drake’s dating life is still so cringe

Jul 19, 2021

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Introducing ‘Brown butter’: a playlist spotlighting dark-skinned women in R&B

Colorism is well and alive in one of Black music’s most popular genres. Everyone who listens to R&B needs to help combat it.

May 19, 2021

Introducing ‘Brown butter’: a playlist spotlighting dark-skinned women in R&B

May 19, 2021

Let’s talk about Justin Bieber’s hair

Because that shit is more than just ugly. It’s racist — and proves that Bieber’s activism is performative. Gasp!

May 6, 2021

A photograph of the backside of Justin Bieber showcases his two dreadlocks, tied into two pigtails. He’s wearing a football jersey.

May 6, 2021

Craig David was basically the godfather of the infamous Flavas dolls

Mattel’s short-lived Flavas dolls were just bad—but their surprising connection to R&B legend Craig David makes their notoriety nostalgic.

Mar 29, 2021

A photo of Craig David photoshopped over a photo of four of the Flavas dolls.

Mar 29, 2021

Normani, babygirl, what is you doin’?

Signed with RCA Records, former Fifth Harmony multihyphenate Normani has enough star power to blow today’s one-dimensional pop newcomers…

Aug 15, 2020

Aug 15, 2020

How Bratz became the cool-girl blueprint

Almost twenty years later, the iconic toy brand’s biggest fans are now grown-up it-girls and IG baddies living their most empowered lives.

May 28, 2020

How Bratz became the cool-girl blueprint

May 28, 2020

He was the best I’d ever had. But that wasn’t good enough

Our almost-relationship combusted on my 23rd birthday. He was too broke to take me to dinner — or even gift me a one-dollar greeting card…

Mar 20, 2020

He was the best I’d ever had. But that wasn’t good enough

Mar 20, 2020