10 Things to Get You Through the Election Cycle
| 09/18/18
1. Kandace Springs
We can't stop grooving on Kandace Springs's video for "Don't Need The Real Thing," one of the songs from her Karriem Riggins-produced album Indigo. Springs, who came out after her last album, Soul Eyes, offers cool jazz with a hip-hop vibe. Meanwhile her Instagram snaps (like the one above with Mary Nickole) always leave us thirsty. Photo: Facebook
2. Design Meet Bowling
Brooklyn native and Fashion Institute of Technology student Samuel Riley's "Illusion Shoe" was chosen winner by Christian Siriano for the #BeBowled Shoe Design Contest, sponsored by Bowlero Corp. The lucky young designer won a $2,500 prize and will get his chic bowling shoe professionally manufactured and distributed to Bowlero and Bowlmor Lanes locations nationwide in 2019. Photo: Bowlero Corp.
3. Hot Wheels
Sisters Izzy (above) and Ailbhe Keane joined forces to launch a line of stylish plastic wheel covers for those who want a chair with flair. The Dublin-born duo recruited top designers to inspire a collection (likes this rainbow one) that's truly blazing a trail. (IzzyWheels.com) Photo: IzzyWheels
4. Writing Down the Bones
Mary Lambert can do no wrong. Shame Is An Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert(Feiwel & Friends), which deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, offers catharsis to anyone who's been knocked down and picked themselves up again. Photo: Feiwel & Friends
5. Dancing Through Life
A new documentary, Hot to Trot, enters the world of same-sex competitive ballroom dancing. Over the span of four years, the film chronicles the journey of two couples -- one male, one female -- to the top of the ranks. (HotToTrotFilm.com) Photo: Curt Worden
6. A New Baby
Rapper Taylor Bennett, the brother of Chance the Rapper, announced he's expecting his first baby with his partner. The performer came out as bisexual in January 2017 to much support. Photo: Winslow Townson/Invision/AP
7. (Queer) Princess of Power
The DreamWorks/ Netflix reboot She-Ra and the Princesses of Power premieres November 16. Helmed by Lumberjanes co-creator Noelle Stevenson, She-Ra follows an orphan who finds a magic sword that helps transform her into a warrior princess. Photo: Netflix
8. A Restored Classic
Vinegar Syndrome lovingly remastered 1985's Buddies, the first narrative AIDS film, from the long-lost 16mm negative into a Blu-ray/DVD combo. Director Arthur Bressan Jr. died of AIDS-complications barely two years after the release of this true classic. (VinegarSyndrome.com)
9. Rainbow Brigades
When gay valedictorian Seth Owens's parents gave him the boot over conversion therapy, he lost his college fund. A GoFundMe campaign by LGBTQ supporters raised over $117,000 for him--then Georgetown offered him a full-ride scholarship, too. Study up, kid! Photo: Facebook
10. Mother’s Day Surprise
Tracy Baim, cofounder and publisher of Windy City Times, one of the oldest LGBTQ regional publications in the U.S., was inducted into the Chicago Women's Journalism Hall of Fame -- beside her late mother, Joy Darrow, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. The honor awards those who have made outstanding career contributions to Chicago journalism in areas which uplift and support women. Photo: Courtesy Tracy Baim
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