things i collected.

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Adual Akol by Claudia Cantarini for Flanelle Magazine January 2025

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Street Player

listening to the Rufus & Chaka Khan album, 45 years onward

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tay’s favorite albums of 2022

music in the year of the lovers (pt. 2)

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George Riley - Jealousy / Sacrifice / Time / Delusion

Running in Waves out September 9th

© 2022 PLZ Make It Ruins

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https://shante.substack.com/p/tays-fave-albums-2021

tay's 21 favorite albums of 2021

here's what stayed on repeat! ~my year-end playlist pt. 2 + videos~

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https://shante.substack.com/p/diana

for diana

channeling Miss Ross & revisiting disco classics

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https://shante.substack.com/p/teddy

love t.k.o.

a look at the legacy of Teddy Pendergrass

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https://shante.substack.com/p/aries

welcome to aries season

~sure as spring~

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https://shante.substack.com/p/watch-this-space

watch this space

the rising musicians whose sounds will inspire the future

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https://shante.substack.com/p/house-of-balloons

the party & the after party

revisiting the online musical landscape that birthed The Weeknd’s House of Balloons a decade ago

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https://shante.substack.com/p/badu-at-50

on & on: erykah badu turns 50

looking at the legacy of an iconoclast

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moodboards inspired by the era of Black femme sitcoms i grew up with

see the full post at the link in bio 💚

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https://shante.substack.com/p/style-rockstars-pt-2

style rockstars pt. 2

you mean to tell me The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll has yet to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? make it make sense!

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today on my newsletter, i’m diving into the well-deserved success of Telfar, what the shopping bags signify for Black luxury fashion, and the complicated sustainability question of why i might not buy another one (even though the collector in me wants a large one to complete the set). link in bio!

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https://shante.substack.com/p/black-fashion-history-month

Black fashion history month

wake up, wake up, wake up it’s the 1st of the month

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spent the week theorizing about subcultures, stemming from this book called “freak nation” that i’ve kept in my collection for the last 10 years. this was accompanied by examining myself and further peeling back the layers of identities i’ve assumed over time. link in my bio to this post 🌈 i also included a playlist of songs i’ve compiled throughout january 🎧

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~electric hair~

today, i wrote about the musical hair, the 5th dimension medley of “aquarius/let the sunshine in,” and the time i found an electric version of the musical’s score featuring the moog synthesizer. this whole narrative really came full circle due to my childhood experience with musical theatre (more on that later).

these photos were taken after i washed and twisted my hair and reminded me of when i was younger and wore colorful banded ponytails all over. so much synchronized inspiration here. my mind is a maze sometimes.

https://shante.substack.com/p/electric-hair

electric hair

"this is the dawning of the age of aquarius"