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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 09:39 PM PDT
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Good morning, Cafe!� I gathered some beautiful treasures in lots of fabrics to share today.� And after samantha’s lovely diary yesterday, it seems even more timely.
So grab a cuppa and a nosh and ...
by The Marti
166 comments
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 09:36 PM PDT
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Good morning, Cafe!� Grab a cuppa and a nosh….and a napkin, you don’t want to spill anything today!� And join us for some flashy fashion treasures.
by The Marti
133 comments
on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis’ wardrobe choices have been drawing notice for a while, and now that her husband Ron is officially running for president, The New York Times is paying attention. ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Mon Jun 05, 2023 at 06:01 AM PDT
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Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar Daniel Penny had the privilege of turning himself in to his friends and protectors at the NYPD this morning. We are told that he’ll be charged with second-...
by Black Kos
188 comments
on Fri May 12, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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My sister and I watch a lot of YouTube and we’ve come upon some very interesting people — I guess they are called influencers these days. �Given our interest in historical ...
by Sara R
67 comments
on Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Since Ukraine has been in the news so much this week, on the 1-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, I thought I’d look into the history of women’s rights in Ukraine. This is necessarily brief, given that I don’t have a whole lot of...
by elenacarlena
78 comments
on Sat Feb 25, 2023 at 05:16 PM PST
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Happy Friday! Bit is mostly off Saturday (she goes in to help with Maintenance, should be home by 10), and then we’re going for groceries. She will turn 20 on Sunday! But Sunday she works all day, ...
by FloridaSNMOM
59 comments
on Thu Feb 23, 2023 at 09:55 PM PST
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Missouri Republicans have run on and advocated for the right to have big, burly guns. Strap whatever you want on your side. Want to buy weaponry? Absolutely. You can run entire ads just based around you shooting a gun to try and get people to love you....
by Christopher Reeves
544 comments
on Thu Jan 12, 2023 at 03:39 PM PST
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Dame Vivienenne Westwood has died at her home in Clapham, South London, surrounded by her family. She rose to fame as a fashion designer in the early 1970s for the shop she opened with her business partner Malcolm McLaren at the then unfashionable end...
by Lib Dem FoP
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on Thu Dec 29, 2022 at 03:46 PM PST
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Fashion can inspire deeper criticism of the carceral system, but there are risks when profit comes before principle.
This article was originally published at Prism
Three pairs of boots, size ...
by Tamar Sarai Davis
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on Sat Dec 10, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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There were two (at least!) stories this week where the rhetoric doesn’t comport with the facts when it comes to women, so I want to address those first with a little fact checking. Abortion From the Guardian: We are witnessing the final days of...
by elenacarlena
54 comments
on Sat Apr 09, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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I don’t have a specific intro today! This week is typical: Lots of sexism, occasional good news, no let-up for the holidays. Please note that your humble diarist must stay with Mom for supper and bedtime rituals, so will be by later tonight.
by elenacarlena
62 comments
on Sat Dec 18, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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People often define America as a melting pot. But as the country brings together multiple cultures, many often cross the line between cultural appreciation and appropriation . You might have�heard ...
by Aysha Qamar
254 comments
on Sun Nov 28, 2021 at 03:00 PM PST
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The Black Journalism Project Commentary by Chitown Kev I’ve had occasion here at Black Kos to write historical posts about Black journalists , the Black press , and to utilize Black press ...
by Black Kos
131 comments
on Tue Sep 28, 2021 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Does anybody else here wear a lot of cat t-shirts? I don’t particularly come across in person like a crazy cat lady, but I realized that I do seem to have acquired quite a collection of cat t-...
by Rosebuddear
246 comments
on Mon May 24, 2021 at 10:45 AM PDT
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I am not a man of high fashion. I wish I could say that I spend my morning color-matching all of my clothing and making sure I’m wearing the latest trending product lines. There are a few things I do love: I like having a good pair of shoes because...
by Christopher Reeves
137 comments
on Thu May 13, 2021 at 03:22 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! Today is going to be a busy day. Doctor’s appointment in the morning, and we have to get groceries either today or tomorrow, depending how everyone’s feeling when we’re done with ...
by FloridaSNMOM
32 comments
on Thu Mar 11, 2021 at 09:55 PM PST
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Where fashion and politics intersect by Hal Brown Below: What a glorious change from they whom I am loath to mention by name. The “be best” First Lady who is reportedly jealous of the current First Lady made the news for one of her...
by HalBrown
222 comments
on Fri Feb 12, 2021 at 08:59 AM PST
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