In today’s world, there is a persistent myth: if a woman is attractive, then she is automatically impossibly unintelligent. The idea that she could manage to let her attractiveness and other talents work to her advantage are completely asinine. At Ladybrille we’ve decided to combat that stereotype with this month’s theme of Modelpreneurs. A “Modelpreneur” …
Ladybrille Woman of the Month, Jacque Reid II
We continue our interview with Ladybrille’s Woman of the Month, the very brilliant Jacque Reid.If you missed Part I, click here for it! Interview by Ladybrille’s Niama Sandy.LADYBRILLE.com: In 2004 you interviewed then-Congressman Barack Obama as he was running for the Senate seat against Alan Keyes. Did you have any inkling that we’d have this …
Ladybrille Woman of the Month, Jacque Reid!
She worked her way from the bottom at the one and only news station in Brunswick, Georgia to rising through the ranks to become one of the most notable African-American female journalists in America. Who is this maverick you ask? Well, it’s December’s Ladybrille Woman of the Month,Jacque Reid! For the last decade, Jacque Reid …
Ladybrille Woman of the Month, Funke Adenodi Akinbuli
If you didn’t already know, most of Africa’s disabled [including the blind, paraplegic etc.] citizens live in deplorable conditions. Most are unemployed and can be found on Africa’s major streets and highways placing themselves in harm’s way as they beg for money to meet their basic needs. Rarely will you find a paraplegic in Africa, …
Business of Film in Hollywood with Mike Ajakwe, Part I
This is a two part interview with Hollywood insider, Emmy-winning producer and two-time NAACP Theater Award winning playwright/producer, Mike Ajakwe. Ajakwe gives us some very valuable information about the industry. In this interview, Part I, he covers what the strike was all about with the Writer’s Guild of America, the nation’s current slow economy and …
Actor Spotlight: Ebbe Bassey
She is an emerging actress we think you should meet. Introducing Ebbe Bassey! LADYBRILLE.com: Ebbe, tell us who you are?Ebbe: I am a live wire. I am vibrant, feisty, passionate, independent, hard working, fun loving, big into fostering and strengthening my relationship with my God, my family and friends. I am always open to opportunities …