As a graduate student at Columbia University in the African-American studies department, Marjon balances that very thin line of being both a total bluestocking and a fashion geek. This often results in being over dressed for class. Besides silently judging the outfits of others, Marjon judges the world around her through the critical lens of race, gender, class, and clothes. A contributing writer for fashion blog, Refinery29, Marjon has interned for the likes of Zac Posen and been featured in WWD's "Most Stylist Ivies" spread, leading her alma mater, Brown University, to triumph. She currently resides in Brooklyn with her clothes and stacks of books.

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Lady of the Hour: LeToya Luckett Takes on R&B, Love & Self

Posted August 26, 2009 | 04:18 PM (EST)


When sitting down recently to interview R&B singer, LeToya Luckett, I couldn't help but pick up on this certain something about the star, this ineffable quality that makes one want to just root for her. I would never consider the former Destiny's Child bandmember and now successful solo artist...

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(Electrik) Red In The Face: Not Your Mom's All-Girl R&B Group

1 Comments | Posted May 26, 2009 | 01:12 AM (EST)


The last time I wrote here, I waxed on the subject of Beyoncé's split personality cum business marketing scheme, "Sasha Fierce", a phenomenon which more or less fortified her position as the "flyest chick in the game." It was a tipping point, for sure: a pop cultural moment that influenced...

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Beyoncé's Split Personalities

Posted November 24, 2008 | 04:48 PM (EST)


A "robohand" is a hard act to follow, especially when attached to everyone's favorite cyborg, ahem, songbird, Beyoncé Knowles. But even more, it's certainly a difficult act to live up to. With last week's debut of her third-solo album, I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé attempts just that with what many would...

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