The Red Read

Ru said it best.

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:02:01 -0400

Ru said it best.

cool find: http://hycide.com/ HYCIDE explores the roles...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:45 -0400

HYCIDE explores the roles we create for ourselves and those created for us, challenging the status quo while bearing witness to the feared, neglected and misunderstood.

Just in case you’ve lost focus of how great your life is,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:01:54 -0400

Just in case you’ve lost focus of how great your life is, Amnesty International recently launched Trial By Timeline.

Worth the click, and the Facebook authorization. And we know that’s rare.

The Red Read for Madame Noire: “Angelina Jolie Gives...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:01:42 -0400

The Red Read for Madame Noire: “Angelina Jolie Gives Platform To Overlooked Breast Cancer Treatment & Detection Issues”

Jolie’s situation is seen as special and high-risk by the medical community. Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are estimated to cause only 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers and 10 to 15 percent of ovarian cancers among white women in the United States. But statistics for other racial and ethnic groups are not available. Odd, given that African-American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than their White counterparts.

Kanye West is dating Kim Kardashian. The poster child for...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:01:00 -0400

Kanye West is dating Kim Kardashian.
The poster child for excess. (He and her.)

Now we’re slaves (he and us) to the consumerism he idolizes.

Kanye West is a hypocrite.

And I love the direction he’s going in.

I’ve started to accept the fact that something can be problematic.
And wrong.
And great.

We love for things to be politically correct.

But sometimes you need things that make you scratch your head.
That make you question your reasoning.

And what on radio is doing that right now?

You win universe!

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:00 -0400

My plot to visit my family, find a sublease in Brooklyn, mooch free Internet, start a new internship, and keep updating my blog at the same. damn. time. has been utterly foiled. Regular updates resume in mid-May.

In the meantime, catch me if you can on twitter @CleveInTheCity.

"Those who tell stories rule the world."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:01:40 -0400

“Those who tell stories rule the world.”

- Plato

New paths to a great job | Penelope Trunk Blog

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:01:36 -0400

New paths to a great job | Penelope Trunk Blog:

1. Skipping college.

2. Focus on internships instead of school.

3. Start a company instead of writing a resume.

4. Refuse to present yourself in a linear way.

Check out my profile of artist, art director, dj, dancer and all around cool chick Eunice Kindred....

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:01:55 -0400

Check out my profile of artist, art director, dj, dancer and all around cool chick Eunice Kindred. Here’s an excerpt:

Kindred advises fellow artists to never be afraid to push their work, something she had to work on as a self-described shy person. To avoid the “starving artist” title, always be ready to present your work or give out a business card, and be open-minded to alternative avenues for getting your work seen. She’s not above approaching a restaurant owner about how great her work will look on their walls.

Her advice to businesswoman is equally simple: be 100% behind what you do and yourself. “Don’t doubt your skills or your background,” she says. “That comes across when you’re presenting or pitching something. Be prepared for anything and on top of your game.”

every day’s a new beginning…

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:01:57 -0400

every day’s a new beginning…

11 Ways To Be Remarkably Average

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:11:31 -0400

11 Ways To Be Remarkably Average

The original version of “Strawberry Letter 23” is...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:01:34 -0400

The original version of “Strawberry Letter 23” is quickly becoming my jam of the summer. Find out how Shuggie is finally getting his due at age 59, here.

"There you go. There’s no way around that. There’s people that say: “It’s not fair. You have all that..."

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:01:30 -0400

“There you go. There’s no way around that. There’s people that say: “It’s not fair. You have all that stuff.” I wasn’t born with it. It was a horrible process to get to this. It took me my whole life. If you’re new at this — and by “new at it,” I mean 15 years in, or even 20 — you’re just starting to get traction. Young musicians believe they should be able to throw a band together and be famous, and anything that’s in their way is unfair and evil. What are you, in your 20s, you picked up a guitar? Give it a minute.”

- Louis C.K. on patience.

“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:01:32 -0400

“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” - David Foster Wallace

Feeling this, 100% commission free global online art gallery,...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:47:02 -0400

Feeling this, 100% commission free global online art gallery, Articielo.

Is It Enough for Black Women to ‘Lean In’ To Succeed?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:01:40 -0400

Is It Enough for Black Women to ‘Lean In’ To Succeed?:

“Rather than working harder to succeed at someone else’s game it may be time to work smarter and succeed on our own terms.”

My latest for Madame Noire. Tell me what you think.

“Only by chancing the ridiculous can I hope for the...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:22:06 -0400

“Only by chancing the ridiculous can I hope for the sublime.”

- Jay DeFeo

"It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:25:55 -0400

“It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it’s about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then you’ll be a great cook. If it’s only about passion, sometimes you’ll be good and sometimes you won’t. You’ve got to come in every day with a strong desire. With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.”

- Thomas Keller On Why Passion Shouldn’t Drive You

"For decades, this kind of corporate kindness was the exception, but in the past few years,dozens of..."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:02:21 -0400

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For decades, this kind of corporate kindness was the exception, but in the past few years,dozens of America’s biggest brands have embraced socially kind deeds as an unusually effective way to sell themselves to consumers, employees, even stockholders. Some are listening to their hearts — while others are listening to social-media chatter and creating consumable spin.

In either case, there is one particularly desirable audience that’s watching closely: Millennials. This trend-setting, if not free-spending group of 95 million Americans, born between 1982 and 2004, live and breathe social media and are broadly convinced that doing the right thing isn’t just vogue, but mandatory.

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- Millennials spur capitalism with a conscience

The millennials, in other polls, remain optimistic about their...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:01:52 -0400

The millennials, in other polls, remain optimistic about their futures. Economists are less so. There is a persistent fear that they have entered a permanently lower earnings and savings trajectory. Even if the generation recovers, even if it ends up wealthier than the one before it, the scars will be deep and long-lasting. Kahn has started comparing recent graduates during the recent recession with recent graduates in the 1981-82 recession. She said the initial wage losses were comparable, and the trend looks set to repeat. “My inclination is pessimism,” Kahn said. “If anything, these guys might experience something worse.”

Other economists also envisioned a future in which millennials would spend less and save less. “I was talking with a mom who has a son in his mid-20s and told her the generation is not on the same wealth-building path,” said Signe-Mary McKernan, one of the authors of the Urban Institute study. “She had this look of terror on her face; our children are in trouble, and that’s such a worry for a parent. I told her, ‘Maybe this generation won’t have a worse life, but just a different life.’ ” And that may be true. Millennials are the best-educated generation ever. Their challenge may just be to preserve that advantage for their own children.

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