PinnedSydney Nicole Sweeney·Jun 24, 2025Dump ChatGPT: The “anti-AI” guide to professional writingAs writers, we do not need to use generative AI to do our jobs well. In fact, we shouldn’t use it at all. Here’s why—and what tools writers…
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·Feb 12, 2023Yes, 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…
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·Jul 19, 2021No, 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.
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·May 19, 2021Introducing ‘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.
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·May 6, 2021Let’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!
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·Mar 29, 2021Craig 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.
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·Aug 15, 2020Normani, 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…
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·May 28, 2020How 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.
Sydney Nicole Sweeney·Mar 20, 2020He 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…
