I may not hesitate to call much a “current favorite”, but bestowing gold medals is not something that I do nearly as lightly. In sneakers especially, a lot of dots have to connect for me to deem it a number one, and because my process is different and almost entirely guided my by heartguts, sometimesContinue reading “Hommewrk x Saucony Understood The Assignment*”
Category Archives: blk grrl kicks
Remember Sneaker Shopping?
We had a Foot Locker once. It survived many many years {if I remember correctly, it was around when I was 18} but in the dying gasp of our local mall, didn’t make it through the pandemic – taking Famous Footwear along with it. There were never lines around the building to cop the “hype”Continue reading “Remember Sneaker Shopping?”
Not a Review: Jordan 1 Retro High OG Dark Marina Blue
I work in marketing, so if there’s one thing I know, it’s that words have influence; and reviews {like most things} are subjective, can be extremely tainted with bias, and strangled by constraints held by brands, platforms, etc. As someone who has definitely left 5 star reviews on books I ain’t even read to supportContinue reading “Not a Review: Jordan 1 Retro High OG Dark Marina Blue”
Listen…
Okay I’m changing things up a bit, but first, an admission: I girl bossed a little too close to the sun. I launched blk grrl kicks at the busiest time of 2021 for me. In the middle of a capital campaign at work, family heavy holidays, and – somewhat unexpectedly – a covid surge thatContinue reading “Listen…”
Welcomes & Whys
The idea for blk grrl kicks had been kicking around in my brain for a while. Born out of a frustration well known to Black folks who look for representation of themselves in spaces, frequently to no avail. I’d wanted to hear the stories of Black women in sneakers, so started the idea of aContinue reading “Welcomes & Whys”
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