Measuring Retouching

It’s a well known fact that beauty and fashion ads as well as magazine photo spreads are retouched. Photoshop turns already beautiful people into unbelievably perfect human beings. The problem is that we do believe it. This has resulted in a society with an unrealistic standard of beauty. The idea that models and celebrities are flawless is absurd, yet we buy it.

The Nutcracker – A Christmas Tradition

The Nutcracker has long since been a traditional Christmas performance attended by Americans since the 1940’s. The Nutcracker made it’s worldwide debut in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. As many are familiar with the composer, Tchaikovsky, the original choreography was conceived by Marius Petipa. Petipa became very ill in the middle of composing the choreography so his assistant, Lev Ivanov aided in the completion of the dance.

Driven By Desire

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tracie Howard =, nationally acclaimed author, whose books include: Revenge is Best Served Cold (2001) (with Danita Carter), Talk of the Town (2002) (with Danita Carter), Why Sleeping Dogs Lie (2003), Success is the Best Revenge, (2004) (with Danita Carter), Never Kiss and Tell (2004), Gold Diggers (2007), and Friends and Fauxs (2009).

Kwanzaa: Celebrate African American Heritage during the Holiday Season

The first Kwanzaa celebration took place in 1966 as a product of the Black Power Movement.