Angelica Ross: Against All Odds

When it comes to LBGT, most people tend to forget what the T stands for. This is beyond apparent in the Hollywood sphere. While the list of gay actors is by no means saturated, there are even fewer transgender actors, and even fewer among those that get credited roles. More and more often, a celebrity will come out as gender nonconforming, like Sam Smith and Jonathan Van Ness coming out as nonbinary or Ruby Rose coming out as genderfluid, but very few have the chance to enter the light already out of the pink or blue closet. Laverne Cox, Elliot Fletcher, and up and coming Angelica Ross are some of the few notable transgender actors. 

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Museum of Non-Visible Art: How to Read a Painting

“A painting of a small red square. It is about 5 by 5 inches. It is one color, with several shades of red and is so glossy that it looks wet. It is made by using drops of the artists’ blood mixed with paint. It might look like zombie dining evidence when the medium and its history is described, but it also looks like a gazing mirror because it is so shiny and reflective.” Reading this, you may think that I’ve managed to get my hands on a leaked future David Lynch screenplay. But, actually, you have just read a painting. This piece is called Red Square by the Praxis Art Museum, and it is featured in the Museum of Non-Physical Art. This piece is figuratively located in between a Baptist Church and Gospel Assembly in New York, and it is one of many purely conceptual, non-objective works of art. 

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Morrah Burton-Edwards: Love Made Visible

Love is the remedy to hate. Unfortunately right now and frankly for quite some time, we’ve been living in a hate-filled society. In the midst of it all, we’ve found ways to symbolize love in order to combat the hate. There’s something that’s a little purer about this tactic when it comes from a child, though. Seventeen-year-old Morrah Burton-Edwards created an amazing symbol of love, earning herself national recognition for her work. 

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Maggy London: For Women, But Not by Women

For me, business-ready and business casual fashion has always been reminiscent of beige pantsuits and boring pencil skirts. It never seemed fun or inventive, and it didn’t seem like you were able to show your personality through your clothes once you entered the workforce. Maggy London, a clothing company that primarily targets white-collar workers, features “business appropriate” but still unique and colorful fashions, and showcases the future of cute but still suitable office-ready outfits. However, despite the company’s outward appearance and messaging of female empowerment through clothing, all isn’t quite what it seems to be behind the scenes.

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