Sydney Nicole SweeneyYes, 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, 2023Feb 12, 2023
Sydney Nicole SweeneyNo, because I can’t be the only one who thinks Drake’s dating life is still so cringeOn 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, 20211Jul 19, 20211
Sydney Nicole SweeneyIntroducing ‘Brown butter’: a playlist spotlighting dark-skinned women in R&BColorism 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, 2021May 19, 2021
Sydney Nicole SweeneyLet’s talk about Justin Bieber’s hairBecause that shit is more than just ugly. It’s racist — and proves that Bieber’s activism is performative. Gasp!May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Sydney Nicole SweeneyCraig David was basically the godfather of the infamous Flavas dollsMattel’s short-lived Flavas dolls were just bad—but their surprising connection to R&B legend Craig David makes their notoriety nostalgic.Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Sydney Nicole SweeneyNormani, 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, 2020Aug 15, 2020
Sydney Nicole SweeneyHow Bratz became the cool-girl blueprintAlmost 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, 2020May 28, 2020
Sydney Nicole SweeneyHe was the best I’d ever had. But that wasn’t good enoughOur 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, 2020Mar 20, 2020
