Confessions From A Black Rose

We are officially in the third month of the year. To celebrate this achievement, I decided to highlight great music that was released this week by artists that I love. Carly Rae Jepsen: Now That I Found You/ No Drugs Like Me The Queen of bops has released not one, but two bangers for us to listen to. It was a close call, but I decided to share No Drugs Like Me Maddie Poppe: Little Things After winning American Idol, Maddie Poppe has been working to release her debut album. I have loved everything she has released so far. There is something about her musicality that reminds me of  a young Ingrid Michelson. Catie Turner:  Prom Queen The lovely Catie Turner just released a single for all the misfits and wallflowers. This girl right here has a bright future ahead.  Alphabeat:   Shadows They're back!  Solange: When I Get Home Three  years after releasing the sensational record A Seat On The Table , Solange is back with a whole new...

Throughout the spring, I am going to be sharing with you things that I love. Here is the first installment of my Spring Favorites.  There is this amazing girl group by the name of  Little Mix, perhaps you have heard of them. They are criminally overlooked, so I have made it my mission to get the word out. These girls are serving 90's/ early 00's girl band rea lness . I am going to prove to you in five  simple  steps why you  should  be  fangirling  over  Little  Mix as hard as me.  1.    Love Me    Like You 2. Sales aren't everything but... Their most recent album Get Weird has sold over 650,000 copies worldwide. The majority of that amount has been in the UK alone. Where they have sold half a million copies. Get Weird outsold Made in the AM in the UK last year. They outsold freaking One Direction. That fact blows my mind. Yet people don't make a big fuss about them. 3. Secret ...

Unfortunately, Women's History Month is drawing to a close. I could not let this month end without celebrating the women who inspired me as a child. Let me know who were your childhood heroes. Alicia Silverstone Britney Spears  Christina Aguilera Christina Ricci Daria Lucy Lawless Kirsten Dunst Mandy Moore Mariah Carey Samantha Jones( played brilliantly by Kim Cattrall) Sarah Michelle Gellar Spice Girls

Disclaimer: I had every intention of posting yesterday but life happened. Here is my post in celebration of International Women's Day. I hope y'all had an incredible day celebrating women. Today is the day we celebrate all the women in our lives. The women who raised us. The women who taught us. The women we love and the women we admire. Today is the celebration our strength, our struggles and our achievements. This entire month I will be paying homage to the incredible women whom grace this planet.  Trust me when I say, over 100 women will be celebrated this month. I have created a list and I am checking it twice. Since today is International Women's Day, here are 31 women( for every day of the month) whom I love. Adele Amy Poehler Angelina Jolie Beyonce Cate Blanchett Ellen DeGeneres Drew Barrymore Ellen Page Emma Stone Emmy Rossum Iggy Azalea Issa Rae Jennifer Lawrence Kate Winslet Kelly Clarkson Kree Harrison Lady Gaga Lauren Conrad ...

This post concludes my one month celebration of fabulous women. Please feel free to list any women who have failed to make an appearance on my lists. Erika Linder Helen Mirren Keira Knightley Sandra Bullock Kristen Wiig &  Maya Rudolph Melissa McCarthy Charlize Theron Scarlett Johansson Mandy Moore Kristen Stewart I hate Bella Swan. I think she is the worst female character ever written  but I love Kristen. She has this I don't give a bleep attitude that is quite empowering. She's everything Bella isn't.  Gwen Stefani Lady Gaga Noomi Rapace Christina Ricci Coco Rocha Amanda Seyfried Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Hudson Mariah Carey Lena Dunham Jessica Chastain Alexis Bledel Sophia Bush Emily Blunt Shakira Brit Marling Susan Sarandon Eva Longoria Anne Hathaway Tamera Mowry-Housley Daenerys Targaryen* I am fully aware that she is fictional character but nobody is more bad ass than this que...

Last week I honored seven women who inspire me. This week I am honoring twenty more women who rock. I am going to be celebrating fierce women all month long, so be prepared. Adele  Amy Poehler Angelina Jolie Beyonce Ellen Degeneres Emma Stone Emmy Rossum Issa Rae J.K. Rowling Jennifer Lawrence Kate Winslet Kelly Clarkson Meryl Streep Michelle Rodriguez Mindy Kaling Olivia Wilde P!nk Rebel Wilson Tina Fey Viola Davis

Happy International Women's Day! Let's take some time to celebrate the great women in our lives and the great women in the world. Let us celebrate the women that have overcome hardships, the women that have broken barriers, the women who have loved and inspired us. There has never been a greater time to celebrate these magnificent women. In celebration of International Women's Day, I am revealing part 1 of my Women Who Rock list. The first part of my list are female trailblazers. The women who inspire me with their strength and their guts. They are opinionated, they are fearless and let's be honest-they are fabulous. Make sure to check back for the remainder of the month, to see even more women who rock my word. Michelle Obama Somaly Mam Hilary Clinton Nancy Pelosi Robin Roberts Rachel Maddow Gabby Giffords

I was reading a recent article in Glamour Magazine about 25 incredible women and I thought to myself that would be a great blog post, especially with this month being Women's History Month. Here is my list of  25 women whom I l absolutely adore in  no particular order. 1. Coco Rocha 2.K ate Winslet 3.Michelle Obama 4.Lara Stone 5.Viola Davis 6.Jennifer Lawrence 7.Emma Stone 8.Drew Barrymore 9. Chloe Grace Moretz 10.Beyonce 11.Michelle Rodriguez 12.Adele 13.Lady Gaga 14.Christina Ricci 15.Amanda Seyfried 16.Emily Blunt 17.M.I.A 18.Noomi Rapace 19.Sandra Bullock 20.Meryl Streep 21.Rachel Maddow 22.The Women of SNL-(Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Wiig, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer) 23. P!nk 24.Mandy Moore 25.Angelina Jolie