Lauren Dorman

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J. Cole is pictured in a Toledo Mud Hens baseball jersey while performing at VH1′s 2013 Philly 4th of July Jam held in the City of Brotherly Love.

I want to cross paths with him one day solely to ask him how he stumbled across this jersey. I’m sure there’s a story behind it.

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Robert “E-Bunny” Easter Jr. (16-0, 13 KOs) at Glass City Boxing Gym in Toledo, OH.

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The Wicked and The Devine – Columbus, OH.

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Meet the Designer Behind Hoist and OATW's Collaboration, Lauren Dorman [Q&A]

I spoke recently spoke with Ohio Streets about salads, Super Soakers and work on the OATW and Hoist collaboration.

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I recently sold my Vintage Chanel bracelet from their 1996 Spring/Summer collection. It was fucking beautiful, but I can’t wear jewelry. Lifes woes.

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LAUREN IS MOVING TO COLUMBUS!!!!Now I can bug her WHENEVER I WANT.💘💘💘💘✨✨✨✨ Lit.

— Panthera Uncia (@annamaconachy) June 29, 2015

Message.

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Love wins today.

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Select pieces from Memories of a Girl by Timothy Goodman.

Timothy Goodman is a designer/illustrator from Cleveland, OH, now residing in New York.

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what is love?

The exchange in which you believe.

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I spotted an angel that night, but by time I turned around – she had disappeared. We reunited.

Photographed with amxii and Taylor. Shot by Hannah Rine.

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This list of designers, videographers, illustrators, and photographers are diverse, consistent, professional, and produce quality work.

I was featured as one of the 20 visual artists to work with in Ohio, a list curated by Ohio-Streets. I stand by many of these artists work and am proud to call some of these individuals my friends. This was also a means of discovery for me – I have a few new folks to check for now. Pretty tight.

[queerwoc]

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Hi queerwoc. It’s also #blackoutday, so here I am.

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Randy and Tessa – Austin, TX.

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6th Street – Austin, TX.

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Sex Positive Vending Machine – Austin, TX.

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Can you explain the video of you and your mother?

Growing up as the product of an interracial relationship, I have found that many questions surround my identity, my parent’s relationship and my ethnic background. I wanted to explore how families are bred through these relationships and how culture affects the ways that they’re viewed and understood. Race has created space for a lot of curiosity – and has risen questions that I still seek answers for.

I am directly addressing my blackness and the relationship I share with my mother in this video. The use of video allowed for me to create a visual language that reveals part of me that is often alluded. I am acknowledging the space of estrangement concerning interracial identities. I share an “unveiling” of my mother, who is a huge part of who I am today.

I expunge my own face, only to reveal the face of a seemingly uneasy or curious mother. I touch on my semblance metaphorically, where I express my femininity through excavating – as if I were applying thick, heavy make-up while staring into a mirror. Naturally, race and feminism are a representation of my crux.

I used traditional portrait qualities to construct a self-reflective video performance piece all in all. This piece has been exhibited and distributed throughout various museums and galleries in the Chicago area, where I lived at the time of filming.

And if you haven’t seen it: https://vimeo.com/61408784

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I would never restrict you.

Or even let the thought cross my mind that everything you are isn’t everything you should be.