Volume 2 Issue 2
October 2022
GIRLY TIMEZ A GirlyTingz United Brandz Publication | GirlyTingzonly@gmail.com Brittney Griner appeal of drug & smuggling charges to be heard by Russian court
Photo courtesy of ESPN online Though admittedly not a priority to the Russian government, courts have agreed to hear the appeal of American athlete Brittney Griner October 25. The former WBA player was found guilty of smuggling “hashish oil” internationally after a stretch in a Russian jail this summer. She was sentenced to 9 years originally.
Photographed by Luis Alberto Rodriguez. Styled by Gabriela KarefaJohnson for Vogue
Serena Williams retires from tennis
Th e H o u s t o n Tex a s n at i v e recently celebrated an 32nd birthday while incarcerated. News of the court’s grace came shortly after.
The terms are “complicated” but they are her own. The fo owing is an excerpt of what the athlete shares in August’s American Vogue. As told by Rob Haske .
Layers of the center position player offered to supply a basketball to help Griner pass time.
This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns ve this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe. We’re in my car, and she’s holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes. This robot voice asks her a question: What do you want to be when you grow up? She doesn’t know I’m listening, but I can hear the answer she whispers into the phone. She says, “I want to be a big sister.”
“She said, ‘Maybe if I’m here longer, but not now,'” one of Griner‘s attorneys, Maria Blagovolina, said from Moscow on Wednesday to ESPN.
Link to the full article at Vogue.com with exclusive photos and other content here
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Breast feeding conversation amid baby formula shortage This year, when shelved baby formula dropped to a low point of 22.4% of products out of stock, the conversation about breast feeding infants was reignited. In February the Abbott formula plant was shut down after the deaths and hospitalizations of infants who consumed their formula. A large-scale product recall followed. Supporters of breast feeding insist the method is healthier for babies, bonding mother and child, as well as convenient. Businesses accommodated nurturers by created safe and privates spaces/ stations to breast feed. President Biden invoked the Defense Protection Act ensuring manufactures supply safe and healthy formula with approved ingredients..
October 2022
Queen Elizabeth II deceased at age of 96 Respectfully known as Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom died on September 8, 2022 from diagnosed old age. She was 96 year old. The queen’s throne is succeeded to her son King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom. Also, she was preceded in death by husband Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Elizabeth II will be remembered by so many as a long-standing monarch, a civil servant and more. She was born April 21, 1926 and reigned 6 decades until her death. Photographs courtesy of BBC online.
Roe vs Wade overturned; abortion illegalized The summer of 2022 ushered in a change for women’s rights with the reversal of Roe v Wade - the 50 year old Supreme Court decision protecting women’s right to abortion. Public protest, social media campaigns and ongoing conversations are taking place to block as much of the June 24 decision as possible. Girly Timez
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