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INSIDE 4 STEPS TO FLAWLESS STYLE Khalilah Jones gives four key steps to timeless and flawless style.
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26 HEALTH BENEFITS OF TRAVEL Michaela Stephens discusses the significant benefits of travel to include mental health. (Michaela pictured to the right.)
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Create a Flawless Personal Style in 4 Simple
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by Contributing Writer: Khalilah Jones
There’s a common misconception that personal style is reserved for vain, narcissistic people that are uber fashion-savvy, while in reality, clothing affects everybody and their grandma. Every single day we wake up and throw on clothes to wear as we go about our business. You HAVE to wear them, so you might as well make sure they are serving you well! Unlocking your personal style can minimize the noise of the fast-fashion industry and help you to feel totally at home in your clothes and more importantly, in that beautiful skin of yours.
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You guys, here are four steps to help you more clearly define your style, absolutely love your wardrobe, and move forward confidently with your fashion choices!
1. Get Inspired The first step to finding your personal style probably seems like a given. You have to learn more about what you’re drawn to. I mean really take an introspective look and figure out who you really are and what makes you tick style-wise. This requires
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“There’s a common misconception that personal style is reserved for vain, narcissistic people that are uber fashion-savvy, while in reality, clothing affects everybody and their grandma. ” looking out into the world at the options available and seeing what sticks, and what doesn’t. Kind of like tossing spaghetti noodles at the wall and when it sticks you know it’s done! There’s so much information readily accessible nowadays. When consuming this information daily, take note of what “speaks” to you. People watch, check out street style, identify characters in movies, history, and your fave fashion
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icons for inspiration. This can really help you start to parse out what works for you. Of course, trends can still be considered for inspiration. But for the love of all things holy, do not blindly follow them! Take note, while there are fabulously banging looks that have been created by others, not every single sassy element of an outfit will work for your personal lifestyle or even your body. Snagging inspiration from the world
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around us, allows us to hone in on what actually makes sense for our wardrobe. If you’re the Pinterest type, make a board and pin styles that catch your eye. Search #styleinspiration #streetstyle #styleinspo #blackgirlstyle #whatiwore on Instagram. You will see common elements (i.e. textures, silhouettes, colors, patterns) and recognize what speaks to you and can then define your own style.
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“Now is the time to find confidence in the style that is all yours.” ironing, I don’t have much 2. Practical Application disposable time to spend getting things altered and Next, take a real introspective my day to day functioning look at YOUR life. Be realistic requires too much running with yourself about what your around for these gorgeous lifestyle entails and what is pieces to be included in my going to be most practical style repertoire. As much as for that...not the perfectly I love fashion, if I’m being posed IG moments. Listen, real, the industry absolutely I can’t tell you how many tries to convince us that we beautifully constructed, are in love with something structured suits I’ve longingly and we have to have it. I scrolled by online. I love want to encourage you as a the aesthetic and feel like consumer to come to terms they are for sure “boss and make peace with the fact babe” apparel. But that that we can’t own or wear it simply isn’t my reality. I hate all, and we shouldn’t even
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try. We have to make better and more intentional choices. You can admire a trend or designer, but not rock it yourself. Some things are better appreciated from afar. And honestly, it can be exciting to keep that “what if” allure.
3. Kill It With Confidence So, you’ve dreamed up your perfect wardrobe, and then brought it back down to earth. Now is the time to find confidence in the style that is all yours. This is the pivotal
moment and guess what, boo? You’ve got this! When you find items that just feel organically, “right”, and the style that oozes comfortability, baby, there’s NOTHING that can stop you! Lean firmly into the pieces you gravitate toward and that you have established are practical for your life. I promise you, that confidence will build exponentially each time you realize that the way you dress is your way, and not a dupe of someone else. It is very unfortunate that we’ve become accustomed to assimilation and conformity at the expense of our individuality. We are so often lost in a sea of safe “sameness”. I invite you to free yourself up to be uniquely you...and OWN it, honey!
4. Cultivate Creativity The last step to getting your personal style cracking, is to get creative. After finding what makes you feel special, now is the fun part! The door is open for experimentation. Defining your personal style does not mean that your wardrobe is set in stone and now frozen in time and can never change! We are always changing and naturally, so too, will our style, but with a big picture understanding of who we are. Aside from milestones or huge life events, we tend to grow in small, nuanced ways. Our w w w. v i n e g a r h i l l m a g a z i n e . c o m | V I N E G A R H I L L M A G A Z I N E 9
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wardrobes can grow with us, but our signature style remains the same at its core. Your style is an extension of you. Let it be and I cannot stress this enough...OWN IT! These four tips will make all the difference in the world in presenting your best YOU to the world at large. While I absolutely love a well put together outfit, and admittedly, I do receive lots of compliments based on my image, I can
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unequivocally say that the biggest reason why people are attracted to me as a person, is confidence. And that confidence comes from knowing who I am, knowing I’m not for everyone but knowing I’m for Me and that nothing else matters. I do believe there’s a certain enduring quality in the confidence that basically removes the “I wonder if they like me” anxiety and replaces it with “I like me and hey, I might like you too”.
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There you have it! I hope you found this helpful. Take some time to reflect on if your image is really serving you. If not, take a deep dive into defining your signature style. In the meantime, remember, pretty is not a look, it’s a behavior!
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by Charlottesville Inclusive Media | Cover Photo by Sahara Clemons Charlottesville is full of potential. But we can’t be the best community possible until we create space for more people to lead. Charlottesville Tomorrow, Vinegar Hill Magazine and the In My Humble Opinion talk show — together Charlottesville Inclusive Media — believe that it’s time for a change. If we are going to fulfill Charlottesville’s
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potential together, we have to invite more people into everything, but especially into our media, our stories and, really, our shared understanding of who we are.
histories, missions and frameworks in which we work. But we share a common goal: Create news and information that better informs and includes our communities.
Charlottesville Inclusive Media was created for this moment. Our three organizations are independent, with our own
After several years of building our partnership, and telling stories that matter to more people in our communities,
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we are framing a collaborative approach to newsmaking that builds up conversations and understanding for our community. We are creating an inclusive pathway for media professionals, a sustainable media ecosystem that creates more ways for people to tell their stories and speak the truths of more of our neighbors. In short, we
are inviting more people (and compensating more people) to tell the stories of Charlottesville and the surrounding areas. Sarad Davenport, content manager and digital strategist for Vinegar Hill Magazine says, “Much of how we frame the existence of people of color, and Black people in particular,
is as a problem that must be solved… What is more true is that life is complex across race and culture and there is no lack of innovation, but there is often a morbid lack of resources.” Davenport and Giles Morris, executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, spoke with the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) about what makes
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Charlottesville Inclusive Media powerful. INN is a network of 360 independent news organizations around the country and shares resources and examples of what is working in local news. Morris took the helm of Charlottesville Tomorrow in 2018 to build an organization that could take on our racial reckoning and inequality. “I felt at the time, and still feel, that the failure of local news business models contributes to the passive racism that local media adopted over a period of decades,” he says. “My role was to lead the organization through this transition at all levels — staffing, revenue, journalism, mission, board makeup, distribution —
and to build an organization that treated its own people and its community with the dignity, value and respect they deserve.” The partnership has been crucial to meeting that mandate because of the perspectives the three organizations have brought to each other. “CIM’s progress in influencing the larger media landscape through our ally relationship has been much faster than I could have imagined,” Morris says. “Tackling these questions together without losing our identity and rootedness is and will always be a challenge, but in the tension we seek a high-
er order of being, not only in journalism but in the community and world. It’s hard work, we have to be very thoughtful and trust comes with time. Leaving space for each other and also speaking together at times is important,” says Davenport. The working title of CIM’s plan is First Person Charlottesville — a multiplatform channel and community that will bring to the fore first-person testimonies and closely reported stories about life in our community. The project is seeking its first major funder to anchor the work for the next three years. If you’re as excited about this work as we are, here are three things you can do: 1. Subscribe to Charlottesville Tomorrow’s email newsletter, Vinegar Hill’s newsletter, and In My Humble Opinion’s YouTube channel. 2. Make a tax-deductible donation to CIM. Your donation will be made to Charlottesville Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization. When you include a note that you would like your donation to go to CIM, it will be earmarked for this work. 3. Interested in making a large investment to get First Person Charlottesville off the ground? Contact Michaux Hood at mhood AT cvilletomorrow DOT org. We are a partnership between Charlottesville Tomorrow, Vinegar Hill Magazine and the In My Humble Opinion talk show on 101.3 Jamz.
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What Did the Black Artists Movement Teach Us? by Leslie M. Scott-Jones | Photo by Eze Amos On February second in 1969 the New York Times published an entire page of essays written by luminaries from the Black Artist Movement. Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, Douglas Turner Ward and Barbara Ann Teer among others wrote about the complicated journey taken by Black artists working in a field financially and accessibly run by white people. The question; whether it was possible for Black and white artists to work together. Belafonte spoke about a more meaningful and nuanced integration. Baldwin spoke about how the question itself was rooted in
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a perpetuation of a white supremacist system, once again pitting Black and white against each other to control how each side thinks of each other creating a puppet and a victim, clearly defined and instantly recognizable to a readership without any explanation. Ward wrote about the brass tax of autonomy being the equalizer. If Black artists had control over their art and how it entered the world, to him that was the most important thing. As a Black artist, I’m here for all of it. The most real answer to the clumsily posited question came
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from one of my favorite writers, Alice Childress. Anyone who has ever heard her speak can hear her voice fly off the page. I imagined her seated on a panel next to her sister creators, Shange, Hansberry, Angelou, Simone, Hooks and Morrison moderated elegantly by Saidiya Hartman as they discuss everything from the movement for Black lives to the ups and downs of writing and the responsibility they share as Black women to impart some knowledge of self, community and Blackness through their art.
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True to form, my sista aunty friend, Alice spoke about the mirror that theatre must be of the society it is created in. Some may find her take on broadway and the state of the world she lived in to be cynical, until she gives facts about assassinations, the laughable education system, and the adjustment that always occurs following the communal consciousness of amerikkka becoming bothered by injustice. While Black people see and live in it every day, the rest of the country becomes shocked, dismayed, and defiant for a short time before an uncomfortable silence and life resumes unabated. Aunty tells us, “I’ve a play to write that may never be seen by any audience anywhere, but I do my thing. Who cares to hear, hear…all others, later.” While the question posed is problematic, I think it’s just the wrong question to ask. It’s not about if we can work together, it’s if we should. As Ward says, “…if we believe one white, let’s say, among nine controlling Blacks can subvert the purity of our Blackness then we are really in trouble.” I’m not at all worried about the integri-
ty of my Blackness, however the scientific proof that the observation of a thing alters it, remains true. What I posit is that Black artists cannot truly find their voice and the way they wish to express it while under the watch of white gaze. Understanding that our society has been constructed to ensure that gaze persists every space, as a Black artist I wonder every day what it could look like to create without it. To create without its consideration, and without its judgment. As a Black person it has been required learning - inhabitance of my full self when entering any space – and I wish that for every Black person. In order to wrestle with this question incorporating the ways in which Black people must navigate the world, it becomes a moral imperative to create spaces and places in which the white gaze does not exist. It becomes about Black people creating those spaces and places for themselves with all the cultural inferences and expressions that we bring with us into them. So that, as Aunty says when we do our thing it no longer matters if it is blessed by whiteness, because it was created without taking whiteness into account and has not been created for white consumption.
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Straughn Directs ‘Pipeline’ at Live Arts by Staff Writer | Photos by Will Kerner for Live Arts
Vinegar Hill took some time to talk with David Straughn about ‘Pipeline’ a stageplay that he directed at Live Arts Theather in Charlottesville Directed by David Straughn and written by Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline is an immersive live theatre experience. The piece centers around the story of a mother and son as they wrestle with the struggles associated with being Black and navigating the American educational system. Emphasizing the impact of the ”school-toprison pipeline”, it intimately details the real-life struggles and frustrations. This piece was extremely personal for David who says that he sees himself in this play in a lot of ways. The frustration that develops because of the unrealistic expectations of young Black men in American society can be daunting but David
says that this anger is very nuanced. “I just really gravitated to and resonated with the subject matter in the piece,” he says. “I am passionate about these things. I’m not angry. I am angry that I can’t do more. But my rage is not in a place of malice or violence. It is in a place of confusion and frustration”. This is frustration that he has sought to enliven in this new production, hoping that it will serve as a means to connect with audiences and effectively shed light on the matter.
Sister Inspiration
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Continued from page 5 has worked in theater, music, and the literary arts, David Straughn has made the artistic expression on stage his life’s work. But what made him choose the performing arts was when he witnessed his older sister on stage. David recounts watching his sister deliver a poem by Zora Neale Hurston, saying, “I remember she did it at school in our auditorium, and everybody was on the edge of their seat... and that made me realize the power of theater and getting a message across, making people listen to you”. Through this experience, David realized the power of theater and the power it had to transform the hearts and minds of people. It’s as if David has been doing this for a lifetime already. His first encounter was a performance he did at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Louisa as a young man. This proved to be transformative for him. Detailing his first-ever experience with showmanship, David says it was then that he had his first true encounter with theater, and that sparked his interest in what it had
to offer. He recalls walking on stage for the first time and thinking “Oh, this feels good. Feels real good.” For David, the prospect of having everyone looking at and focusing on his every move was less than daunting and more empowering. ‘Pipeline’, the production will ran through at Live Arts in Charlottesville and included a talent-driven cast through the likes of Aiyana Marcus (Nya), Asyra Cunningham (Omari), Jamie Virostko (Laurie), Tanaka Maria (Jasmine) and Sarad Davenport (Xavier), among other talented performers and volunteers. A common thread of hope runs throughout David’s work, and he hopes this piece connected audiences to each other in a way never thought possible, providing not only hope but also inspiration. David expressed a great sense of responsibility as a director and performer with holding the legacy of those who came before him. by
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HOW TRAVEL CAN SAVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH A N D P O S S I B LY, Y O U R L I F E by Michaela Stephens
by Michaela Stephens I was sitting behind my desk, staring at the four grey walls of my office, piles of paperwork in front of me. My door was a rotating evolution of staff members running and out with a myriad of unending requests. I then realized… why on earth am I doing this? No… really, why am I here? It all started with Saudi Arabia, a beautiful intermission. Tired of the hamster wheel that was corporate life, I desired a huge change. So I moved to the land of mecca pilgrimages, camels, and where, as a woman, I couldn’t drive a car legally… and I LOVED it. It
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was 2014. I came back in 2015, New Mexico this time, and lasted all of 15 months before I was back on a flight to my beloved GCC. Being a Black American, living and existing in the states is HARD. At this point, selfcare is almost a revolutionary act. What with people simply shooting, killing, and then being acquitted of killing us while jogging (Armaud Arbery), sleeping (Breonna Taylor) , driving to see family (Sandra Bland) , or simply walking down the street with candy. (Trayvon Martin. )
Marcus Garvey was way ahead of his time. The idea of leaving the States to return to a place where we are loved and celebrated is not new. The truth is, we have tried. We have tried to stick it out and fight. Racism is the currency on which the USA is based on. It is of my opinion that no amount of respectability, degrees and wearing suits to protest will ever be able to eradicate that we are still viewed as 3/5 human. To them, we are not their equals and will never be in their eyes. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the Black maternal mortality rate. Serena Williams, despite being arguably one of the most decorated athletes in history, was left almost on her death bed because a doctor did not take her pleas of pain seriously. Because doctors still don’t believe that Black folk experience pain.
are places that are extremely close.
The American dream is not designed with us in mind. Of course, there are so many success stories. Because Black folk are amazing like that. Our whole existence since we got dropped off at the shores, was to make lemonade out of shackles and cotton. But why fight? For what? Why not go to a place where you don’t need to prove your humanity constantly. To be at ease. Let me be clear, there is not a single place on earth that is a utopia, but I can say from experience that there
I, like many other Black Americans, have found my version of utopia overseas. I currently live in a beautiful coastal middle eastern country by the name of Oman. In this country, I have walked outside on the beach by myself at 3 am, with not a single care in the world. As a woman who lived in Metro DC and NYC, this is laughable, at best. Most of my club nights were ended with me parking and almost sprinting to my apartment door, with my keys wielded like a weapon in case
someone decided to try me out as target practice. Here in Oman, my blackness is celebrated. I wear colorful braids and instead of being derided for the colors and style, women stop in the streets, touch my hair lovingly and ask me where I get them done. I’m invited into local homes to sit on beautiful woven rugs barefoot and partake in a variety of meat and bread deliciousness. My skin is seen as beautiful and not a threat. My sassiness is not seen as angry, but intelligent.  Do you know what it’s like to get pulled over by police
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“Our whole existence since we got
dropped off at the shores, was to make
lemonade out of shackles and cotton. ” and not fear for your life? I didn’t either until I was pulled over here in Oman. I immediately put both my hands on the steering wheel where they could be seen. Instead, the officer approached and greeted me with a smile while asking me how my family was doing. He wanted to talk about Obama and music. He let me off with just a warning. I imagine this is a normal occurrence for White people whenever they get pulled over. The thing is, if you don’t believe me if numbers are your thing, there are a million other articles out there with a column of statistics on improved mental health, quality of life, that can surely make a person feel more at ease. But I’m here with my anecdotal experience, and all I can say is how I FEEL every day and the happiness in my heart because this country I can live fully, and openly. The purpose of this travel column and series is not only about where to travel, but WHY you as a Black person can and should travel, and how attainable it is even though it may not seem like it. Everyone CAN travel. Over the course of the next few articles, we will get into exactly how to move abroad, places to go and of course an abundance of pretty colorful pics for the gram thrown in for good measure. Looking forward to seeing you guys through this journey and process. See ya soon! —Mick
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