Making It with Jaime of Flagpole NYC
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Making It with Jaime of Flagpole NYC

I interview Jamie back in February, just before Covid would shut down our lives. I’ve been an avid Flagpole fan since I saw their Stephanie suit in the 2014 August Vogue. Jamie chats with me on how her and Megan started their business and how they’re adapting to the ever changing fashion industry.

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A Look and a Hello
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A Look and a Hello

Hello to new and old friends! Just taking this time to introduce myself with this look and a unique studio tour that takes a deeper look into who I am!

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A Look and Thoughts on A Room with a View
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A Look and Thoughts on A Room with a View

The need to read A Room with a View came after I had spent some time on social media “showing up” in conversations on racism. I wanted to escape to a world where I didn’t need to have tough conversations. So I escaped into the novel of E. M. Forester only to find that a brown woman can’t escape racism, even in a romance novel from the 1990s.

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Speak Up

As a Filipino-American, I find myself having to dismantle two pillars of white supremacy; one that keeps Asians silent to protect ourselves from further discrimination, and the second is the continuous oppression of African-Americans. I fight these systems that pit minority groups against each other by speaking up.

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