Lorde’s Anti-Photoshop Sentiment Once again, Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, popularly known as Lorde, reiterated her stand against photoshopping when she shared two contrasting photos of herself with her 1.3 million Twitter followers: one the “real” Lorde, the other one photoshopped with her skin flawless. The photos were accompanied with this tweet "i find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok :-)" according to a report by Huffington Post. The picture of the “Royals” singer was taken during her performance in Santiago, Chile at the Lollapalooza music festival last March 30. The Twitter post was again an echo of the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s stand against photo doctoring. Lorde’s short bio Lorde was borne Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor on November 7, 1996 in Takapuna, North Shore City, New Zealand. She rose to fame after her music video or debut Extended Play (EP) The Love Club was posted on SoundCloud and made available for free download. Since then she has signed with Universal which launched her ver...
Diana Ross was born in 1944. Emerging from the housing projects in Detroit to become an international superstar, she gained prominence first as a member of the supremes, then as a solo artist. The mention of her name evokes the indelible image of the broadly smiling diva, the long hair, sequined gowns, etc.
Jhene Aiko Efuru Chilombo was born on the 16th March 1988 in Los Angeles, California USA. Her blood is mixed with various nations, having Spanish, American, African and Japanese descent. Her name is represented in the music industry. Her first endeavors were with the R&B group ?B2K?; however, recently she has embarked on a solo career as a singer and songwriter. Her first album titled ?Sailing Soul(s)? was released in 2011, and upon its release had a major critical success.
Ella Blake was born on May 4th, 2004 ( also known as Star Wars Day, May the Forth be with you.) in Rensselaer, Indiana. She first realized she had a gift for music when her sister, Ruby Blake, was in 6th grade and joined band. Ruby joined band and started playing the clarinet. Ella was only 7 or 8 at the time due to her sister being 4 years older, but Ruby introduced Ella to the instrumental world. She would ask Ella's opinion on how she was doing on a song and Ella would have to listen to her sister play and try to find sounds she didn't think we're supposed to be there. Around 3 years later Ruby entered high school and quit band, instead of doing marching band, but Ella's Older brother joined band that year. He plays
Composed and delivered in 1981, Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism” speech to the National Women’s Studies Association Conference emerged as a poignant rhetorical artifact in the climate of prevalent racism and the relative social, political, and economic uncertainty of late twentieth-century America. Facing increased backlash for the civil rights movement by the white majority, the African American minority was largely devastated by the widespread loss of urban jobs due to overseas expansion, curtailed government spending on social services, and by “laissez faire racism” that pervaded veritably all aspects of social interaction and livelihood—from education to jobs and consumerism ("Amistad Digital Resource."). It
Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.
Gina Rodriguez was born on July 30th, 1984. She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Gina has a Puerto Rican background, with both of her parents originally from Puerto Rico. At first, her father was surprised Gina wanted to be an actor. After her first stage production, Gina’s father couldn’t be any prouder.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York . Raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah Dana Haughton started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk As a young actress/singer competed successfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. That same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
Elizabeth bowes-lyon was born in London on august 4, 1900. (pgs. 8 and 9 the queen mother) Elizabeth was the ninth child of her mother, lady Strathmore. Her family has lived in the glamis castle for six centuries. Most of her brothers and sisters were older. Her and younger brother David were very close. When he left for boarding school it broke is heart. She soon went to school in London for two terms. Elizabeth loved to learn.
Audre Lorde stated, "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is an act of self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." When Lorde said this, she was speaking about the right of self-care despite the disapproval of others. Self-care is-- often from an outsider's perspective-- seen as a selfish act; however, this is extremely untrue. Self-care is a necessary action needed for a healthy life.
Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812 in a house on Southampton Street in Camberwell England. This was located in the new Suburbs of London. He was born to the parents of Sarah Anna Widerman and Robert Browning Senior. On the night of his birth a comet blazed over England. Browning had one younger sister born in 1814 named Sarina.
Mark’s and St. Catherine’s Catholic schools in Harlem, where she was ostracized by the nuns for wearing braids. After completing her elementary education, she moved to Hunter High School in 1947 for her secondary education. At Hunter High School, she joined a literary group of young women called “The Branded”. Lorde wrote her first poem when she was in eighth grade, and became the editor of her school’s magazine during her senior year. At the age of seventeen, her first poem was published on Seventeen magazine. When she graduated high school in 1951, she enrolled at Hunter College in 1952 and majored in English literature and philosophy. It took her several years to get her Bachelor’s degree as she had to support herself financially. She spent a year in Mexico, and studied at National University of
Photoshop can come in quite handy and it is useful when trying to perfect an image. Architects, fashion designers, web designers all use photoshop in their careers daily but there is a line and some people cross it. When using photoshop on a person to “perfect” the image the editors get quite drastic; in a recent cover for rolling stone Katy Perry was shown sitting on a bed in just a bra and underwear, seems like the average cover right? Well yes it is like every other magazine except this one had its pre-photoshop cover leaked as well.
England, and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 7. A family friend made a
Literary Analysis of Audre Lorde's Power. Audre Lorde uses her poetic prose to express her feelings of anger and fury over an unfortunate incident which occurred in New York City in the late 1970's. She shares her outrage and disgust at a racist society that can allow a child's death to be buried with no true justice found to help resolve the loss of an innocent child. Audre Lorde adopted an African name at the end of her life, Gamba Adisa, which means "Warrior-She Who Makes Her Meaning Known."
On January 29, 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey was born to unwed, teenage parents in Mississippi. Her parents originally planned to name her Orpah, but the midwife made a mistake on the birth certificate. Oprah had many obstacles already in front her as