'we thin and thick and plump of lip.'

+ will trent, ghanaian hoka & hating on run clubs

Hi there — I’m the author/journalist, producer, and podcast creator Danyel Smith. SHINE BRIGHT HQ is where I overshare about music, culture, sports, and writing. Folks really loved this recent Ronnie Spector edition. A full Shine Bright HQ archive is here. Me and SZA in Malibu? Right here. A whole Mariah thing is here. You and your fellow subscribers also really like this 10+ hour playlist, and this tear-stained st. bart's-scented love letter. Right now is a positively divine time to

I’m in memoir mode. Reading, and writing-wise. And because I maintain and save my journals, and keep (in my mixed-up files) the majority of what I’ve cut from other pieces, I find that a lot of the detail work is alive and just in need of attention. This was the late 1980s and early ‘90s:

I’m part of a busy girl crew. We in college o…