By Myesha Evon Gardner for Essence Magazine July 2022
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I always knew what I’d be. As a kid, I always knew. I never knew how I’d get there, but I always knew what I wanted.
No ceilings. I don’t put a limit on myself. Nor should I.
JALEN HURTS for ESSENCE 2023 Men’s Issue
On Monday, April 17th, Jalen Hurts agreed to terms of a 5-year extension worth $255 million with the Philadelphia Eagles, making him the highest paid player in NFL history on a per year basis. The Houston native graces the cover of ESSENCE’s 2023 Men’s Issue.
Photographed by Myesha Evon Gardner
Styling by Matthew Henson
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I wrote this in April 25. This is a poem that's exclusive to my Root Beer patron and that turn on the following epithaphs from The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara:
""Old Wife, what are you but a haint ?" "I'm a servant of the Lord, begging you pardon."
"The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality."
I wrote (or daydreamed) the interrupted movements of busy Black people, the sneaking out to nowhere, the prayers before...something.
Janelle Monae by Justin French
Ayo Edeberi by Myesha Evon Gardner
Laura Harrier by Kennedi Carter
The photographs above best visually describe the poem. Here are some excerpts to whet your appetite:
I spring from laborious mirrors and crushed lipstick, and tend to the expanse.
Mary had a little lamb and Father knew best, but still the dawn of a cigar tip.
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Whistling and sweet, they meticulously built a cloudy party, spilled beer and torpor.
Blood saunters through an economy of sleep grafted to nervy bodies.
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Maybe a smile, a tossed tooth, spectacular, oily; when I draw gold and pant.
The familiar images of unfolded women, switfly graceful, bees stung eyes.
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Tiana Parker photographed by Myesha Evon Gardner 2021
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9 Makeup Trends To Keep On Your Radar In 2024
Photographed by Myesha Evon Gardner.
2023 was The Year Of The Makeup Trend. Trends happen all the time, but in 2023 specifically, it felt like every week there was a new one being “coined” or rediscovered and reimagined. Social media dominated the makeup trend conversation and our faces became food, whether it was “strawberry girl,” “latte makeup,” “blueberry milk,” or “lavender matcha tea latte…
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For a very long time, I’ve been told what I’m not gonna do. Been told what I can’t do. But I never put a limit on myself.
JALEN HURTS for ESSENCE 2023 Men’s Issue
Photographed by Myesha Evon Gardner
Styling by Matthew Henson
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