The Emmys last night honoured Viola Davis as Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series. As the first black woman awarded such, Viola invoked Harriet Tubman and the few opportunities for black women in Hollywood. Her moving acceptance speech brought the audience to tears:
Snapchat will feature Jamaica as a Live Story today! Jamaicans are exicted and are sharing hilarious and serious opinions about what should be featured.
A Live Story is, in Snapchat's words: "a curated stream of user submitted Snaps from various locations and events." Today the location is Jamaica.
Snapchat is a new social media craze where you send videos and pictures that disappear in seconds. You can also post Snap Stories of whatever you feel like sharing with your followers. This app combines the need for attention and instant gratification with our technology-induced short attention spans.
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Jamaican standards of beauty are paradoxically affected by both Eurocentric and Afrocentric influences. We praise the slender (often light-skinned) woman with straight or curly hair, but also embrace the voluptuous dark-skinned woman. The rub comes because the Eurocentric standard of beauty is often heralded as somehow better than the Afrocentric. And because western stakeholders control pageants like Miss Universe, their standards of beauty are upheld.
Kinesha Goldson, an MJU contestant, penned a letter to the Editor of the Gleaner, taking issue with how the competition and by extension, the rest of Jamaica, approaches "beauty."
Jamaica at the World Championships
We’ve had a fantastic week at the World Championships in Beijing, (placing second overall!) and the Internet has been blowing up with excitement. From live tweeting the races to critiques of each Jamaican athlete and their competitors, Jamaicans have come together online in shows of solidarity, but also fickleness.
Panmedia has updated and re-launched its popular mobile app, Prips, perhaps the most comprehensive and informative guide to attractions and events that includes Art, Fashion, Food, Live Shows/Music, Parties, Business, Special Events, Sports and Theatre.
The app lets you add events to your digital calendar and prompts you with a reminder. The app is integrated with Google Maps and GPS directions.
Event Promoters can list events for FREE at pripsjamaica.com, a site in the Panmedia Network where the app draws its data. Premium promotion options are available to reach more patrons.
There are several benefits to promoters and business owners. These include: