Everyday Community The Heart of the Matter: Hunter Gilmore’s Mission to Protect the Next Generation When you speak with Hunter Gilmore, it becomes immediately clear how deeply she cares, as a young woman herself, about the safety, dignity, and emotional wellbeing of other young women. What struck me right away was her compassion. There is such sincerity in the way she talks about college students, By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Everyday Community The Measure of a Man: Why Lenox & Parker Honors Dr. David Manuel at 60 A man’s life is not measured by the titles he holds, but by the weight he is willing to carry for others. As Dr. David Manuel steps into his 60th year, Lenox & Parker honors him not simply for professional excellence, but for the far deeper qualities that have By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Culture Black Rom-Coms Return to Theatrical Magic With You, Me & Tuscany Will Packer has proven himself to be a cultural architect who understands how his stories must be introduced to the communities that have long carried them in their hearts. That truth was felt the moment he addressed the Atlanta audience and shared a statistic that stopped the room cold: there By Dr. Christal Jordan • 6 min read
ONE GOLDEN SUMMER proves why Black Excellence in Our Youth Matters Too One of the most important things we can do as a culture is celebrate our young people when they do something extraordinary. Too often, we rush to critique, analyze, politicize, or move on before fully honoring what a moment meant to the children who lived it. There is something sacred By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Photo Courtesy of World Vision Photography Events Fragrance, Friendship, and Brown Sugar Babes There are moments that feel curated, and then there are moments that feel called, spaces that don’t just gather women but hold them, soften them, remind them of who they are beneath the titles, the responsibilities, and the expectations, and Brown Sugar Babe’s Fragrance & Friendship launch was By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
Culture Tasha K Is Not What You Expect, And That Might Be Her Greatest Power Tasha K is not what you expect, at least not what I expected. When you hear her name, it arrives with noise, headlines, controversy, and a reputation that precedes her like a siren. This is the woman known for pouring, not spilling, tea across the timelines of some of the By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Courtesy Apple TV - Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington & Kate Mara Lifestyle Imperfectly, Still Worthy: Why Imperfect Women Feels Like a Necessary Reflection There is something both refreshing and quietly radical about a title like Imperfect Women, especially when it arrives during a month where we, as women, are draped in celebration, affirmation, and carefully curated praise. All throughout National Women’s History Month, we highlight the wins, the accolades, the polished narratives By Dr. Christal Jordan • 7 min read
Culture Conversation Carmen Simmons: The Woman Behind the Empire Finally Speaks For many in Atlanta’s media and cultural scene, Carmen Simmons has long been a familiar yet somewhat elusive force, a woman whose fingerprints are on countless creative movements, artist developments, and behind the scenes breakthroughs that have shaped the city’s entertainment landscape for decades. As the founder of By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Culture Destiny Payton’s A-List Ascension: The Defining Mid-Season Restart That Focuses on the Love in Huntsville Instead of the Toxic Marriages In a season marked by emotional truth and long-overdue clarity, Destiny Payton steps out of the margins and into her moment, redefining her narrative, reclaiming her voice, and solidifying her place as one of the series’ most essential and compelling stars. For several seasons, Love & Marriage: Huntsville has built By Dr. Christal Jordan • 4 min read
Photo courtesy of Karim Saafir Photography. Culture Tony Rock Says the Black Community Should Be Laughing at the Epstein Drama, and I think he is right When I sat down with Tony Rock at the Pan African Film Festival, where he was hosting the Soul Comedy Fest and Lenox & Parker was a sponsor, I expected wit. What I encountered instead was clarity. In a year defined by scandal cycles, digital outrage, and nonstop political spectacle, By Dr. Christal Jordan • 5 min read
Culture Conversation Rising Into His Own: Marcus Scribner Steps Into Boston Blue For most of us, Marcus Scribner will forever be Andre “Junior” Johnson Jr., the lovable, socially aware, occasionally awkward son of Dre and Bow on Black-ish. We quite literally watched him grow up before our eyes. Beginning the series at just 13 years old, Scribner matured alongside the show’s By Dr. Christal Jordan • 3 min read
Courtesy of Beatrice Dixon Culture Living in Your Gut: A Conversation with Beatrice Dixon on The Soul Instinct There are some women whose presence arrives before their résumé does, and Beatrice Dixon is one of them. When you sit across from her, there is no rush in her cadence, no frantic energy tethered to her success, no performance attached to her power. There is a calmness that feels By Dr. Christal Jordan • 6 min read
