Month: June 2024

Yes, Jorts Are Trending — Here’s How To Style Them This Summer

Yes, Jorts Are Trending — Here’s How To Style Them This Summer

I used to think there were “shorts people”, and “non-shorts people”, and that I was firmly one of the latter. Denim cutoffs (while great for everyday wear, festival style, and summer holidays) usually end up giving me front-to-back wedgies, and can make me feel too exposed. Denim Bermuda shorts, despite […]

Queenie Reminds Us That Black Women Have A “Right To Exist Messily”

Queenie Reminds Us That Black Women Have A “Right To Exist Messily”

Minor spoilers ahead. If you’ve read Candice Carty-Williams’ acclaimed novel Queenie, you know that its titular character Queenie Jenkins is a mess. Not in the aw-she-spilled-coffee-on-herself cute way that “messy” female characters in rom-coms tend to be. No, she’s a mess in the sleep-with-inappropriate-men-and-self-sabotage kind of way. In the Channel […]