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…12 min read·Feb 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.10 min read·Jul 19, 2021--1--1
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.5 min read·May 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!8 min read·May 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.11 min read·Mar 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…9 min read·Aug 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.11 min read·May 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…7 min read·Mar 20, 2020----