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CONTENTS SELF CARE
12 SELF LOVE OVER EVERYTHING From boy crazy to self care. Read about writer, Haley Reed's journey to self love and appreciation over everything else.
22 BODY VS BEING An intimate reflection of the battle that many girls face with their bodies: eating disorders.
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32 LONG DISTANCE A guide on how to maintain and manage the
THE STORY OF DONYALE LUNA
hardships of having long distance friendships.
56
WHAT COVID-19 TAUGHT ME
The review of the pandemic written from the eyes of an aspiring
25 NIKE'S NEWEST INNOVATION The story behind Nike's newest sneaker that makes them more accessible for everyone.
medical professional.
HOB PICKS
36 PLAYLIST The HOB Monthly Playlist. Guaranteed to make you feel
FASHION & BEAUTY
18 VALENTINO A BTS review of Valentino's latest Haute Coture Show
67 WHAT'S YOUR AREA CODE
inspired and ready to take on the World.
16 #MOTM The Movie of the Month that we can't get enough of. This is the story of three Black women who broke barriers. Can you guess what the movie is?
60 #BOTM
Commentary on Area's latest Haute couture
This issue's Book of the Month is the perfect book
line.
to read for this Black History Month.
CONTENTS 39
THE GIRLS WHO SPORT
THE GIRLS WHO SPORT Interviews with three world class athletes who have taken on their sport by storm.
64 LEARNING TO LIKE MYSELF The BEST piece of advice for anyone who is learning to like themselves.
MORE FASHION
24 SHOES YOU NEED! Check out the sneakers of the season that you NEED in your closet.
70 IT'S ALL IN HIS CARDS How Christian Dior's love for Tarot Cards inspired Dior's latest Haute Couture season.
THE CREW THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS ISSUE OF HOB POSSIBLE
JAYDA RICHARDSON
DIEYNABA "J.J." NDAW
MADDY NORRIS
MADISON COCHRAN
THE CREW THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS ISSUE OF HOB POSSIBLE
JESSICA LAN
HALEY REED
RIYA PATEL
MAYA HENRY
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"The most important relationship you have in life, is the one you have with yourself." - Diane von Furstenberg.
Our February issue features a little bit of everything: a little bit of fashion, a little bit of history, and even a sprinkle of sports. While reading, you might find a common theme: relationships. This magazine features articles about people’s struggles with their relationships with themselves and others. When creating this issue, I was overwhelmed by the vulnerability demonstrated by each person who contributed. It wholeheartedly catches the essence of existing in our ever-changing world while being a teenager. Some days are more challenging than others, but even on our worst days it’s our relationships with ourselves that hold us together.
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Fedi Haute Couture Looks. Photos: Vogue Fashion Archive
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SELF LOVE
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE
By: Haley Reed
Throughout my high school career, relationships have always been a weight over my head. I would constantly ask myself why I was never pretty enough or good enough for boys to like me? Since high school is coming to an end, I have realized how the relationship with boys wasn’t the one I needed to worry about, it was the relationship with myself. I used to worry about how I was being seen from guys' eyes but as we go through 2021, I have changed the way I feel. 2020 was not a good year for many reasons but mainly for me, I had lost my sense of self-love. So, I made it my goal in 2021 to gain it back and as of right now I can tell you that it is working extremely well. I wanted to share this because I believe this year should be the year of you. Work to make yourself happier, healthier, even if that means eating more veggies or if it means going to the gym everyday. I think that building your own relationship is what is most important. Over this past month, I have cut out toxic friendships, built better and stronger relationships with people that I love to be around. Building relationships and your self-love isn’t just about your physical health but your mental health. You always need to surround yourself with people that make you happy and do things that you are comfortable and excited to do. Another goal for my 2021, is to try something new every day which pushes me to become a more outgoing person excited for every day to come. Now every time I go to school or even just going out, I never worry about what others are thinking of me. Because, I know that the confidence I have in myself is more than enough for me.
let's go to the tennis court.
40-love
:KCIP S'ROTIDE
MOVIE OF THE MONTH
VALENTINO
This season, the Creative director of Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli was inspired by the idea of “casual couture”.
“The narrative of the collection is the collection itself. No stories. Nothing figurative. I wanted to work on surfaces, not in a decorative sense, but workmanship which becomes the surface itself.” - Pierpaolo Piccioli
Photos from Vogue Fashion Archive
trigger warning: the next article contains commentary about eating disorders
BODY VS
BEING By: Maya Henry
I
remember, more than anything else from my 11th birthday, the cake. It was blue and dripping with sprinkles and it was filled with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I’m 14 now. I’ve seen far prettier cakes; three-tiered, fondant roses, refined buttercream calligraphy. I’ll never forget what the cake on my 11th birthday looked like. It was the last form of carbs I ate without recording the calories for nearly a year.
Eating disorders are a funny thing. The year I scraped by on ice cubes and granola bars was almost the best of my life. I enjoyed school, I had finally found a group of friends who made me feel wanted, and my family was peaceful. For one of the first times in my life, I felt that I was in healthy relationships with everyone in my life. That is, except myself. As the fragile relationship between my brain and body deteriorated, the relationships I once thought were indestructible began to quiver. The unfortunate truth about eating disorders and other forms of self-harm is that they are oftentimes deduced to a game of trust; who do you trust enough to confide in? Who do you trust enough to receive advice from? Who trusts you when you say there was nothing they could have done to stop you? Who do you trust when everyone you told promises to don’t know how the information got out? Eating disorders are built on keeping secrets. Despite my friends and family believing with every fiber of their being that what happened to me wasn’t my fault any more than it was theirs, the feeling that a pinky promise had been broken, lingered with all of us long after I began recovery. Conversations became less between two friends, and more between a nurse who never signed up to ensure I ate enough calories and a patient who desperately wanted everything to go back to normal. Though it’s taken me years, I’m beginning to understand why some of my closest friends were angry with me when I was in the midst of my eating disorder. A close friend, so close that I catch myself using “we” instead of “I”, told me a few weeks after the iciness over our relationship had thawed, “when I see you as an extension of myself, and I see you hurting, I see you hurting me.” More bridges than I ever anticipated burned as I worked my way through my body dysmorphia. Other relationships, such as my brother and a select group of friends, grew stronger to compensate for my weakness and they are the reason I am able to write this. It was, and continues to be hard. I doubt that there will ever be a day where all of my friendships return to what they once were. One day, I know I will be okay with this. If they couldn’t love me--no matter how hard it was--when I was bringing my breakfast to school to throw it away, then they don’t deserve to stand next to me as I grow stronger; better.
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DONYALE
LUNA
LA PREMIÉRE
Peggy Ann Freeman was born in Detroit, MI in 1945. During her teenage years, she gave herself the name, Donyale Luna. At the age of 19, she made the decision to move to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming a supermodel. She lived during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Her career in modeling would break the glass ceiling for many other models of color. Throughout her life, she was the muse of many famous photographers like Andy Warhol. In 1966, Donyale Luna was the first Black model to be on the cover of Vogue. This British Vogue cover was a turning point in her career, which solidified her name as a trailblazer in the fashion industry. Unfortunately on May 17, 1979, she died due to a drug overdose. Even though her life was short, she will forever be remembered as an icon in fashion who changed the world.
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By: Jessica Lan
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s someone who is currently enrolled in college as well as someone who went to a boarding school for part of my high school experience, I’ve had my fair share of long-distance relationships.
I’m not referring to romantic ones, though. Rather, all of the platonic friendships I’ve had throughout the years. Perhaps it’s just me, but I’ve noticed that I often feel afraid to keep in touch with my friends. Of course, I love to talk to them and hear all about their lives and the memories they’ve been making with all their other friends, but it’s also exactly that which keeps me a bit tentative as well. I don’t want to be a burden to my friends and take away the little free time they have.
My winter break this school year was two months - extra long due to Covid-19 - yet despite this, I barely called anyone from Emory (the university I attend). I didn’t want to serve as a distraction or an annoyance as they were spending time with their families, friends, significant others, and more. I knew I’d get to see them eventually once school started and I wanted them to have fun at home while they could. While it’s of course good to have alone time, I’ve also realized over the years that this behavior isn’t healthy. You should never feel like a burden to anyone, much less your closest friends. Now this isn’t reflective of them or our friendship in any way, but rather an issue with myself and the way I view the relationships that surround me.
Even when it feels like you’re the only person thinking of your friends, even when it feels like you’re the only one with free time, even when it feels like it’s been too long since you’ve last reached out so now it’s too awkward, I guarantee you that your friends would really appreciate if you called or texted them! So don’t be afraid to make the first move. These are people who care about you, and they definitely wouldn’t mind.
Photos from Vogue Fashion Archive
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JADA A high school senior, commited to Howard University.
When did you start playing golf?
How has golf influenced
What attracted you to the sport?
your life?
I started golf around age 6, but I really did
I know that I would be a different person
not like it. I played occasionally with my
without golf. For one, golf has taught me
dad, but I never took it too seriously. In 6th
a lot of discipline. It takes a lot of time
grade, I moved schools. Everyone was super
and effort to become good at golf
into sports, so I decided that I wanted to be
which is something that I have learned
a part of a team. I decided to participate in
through playing these last few years. It
golf because I already knew a little bit
requires a ton of time, patience, and
about the sport. From then on, I have been
self-discipline to constantly be at the
spending most of my time on golf courses
course which has been a great thing for
trying to get better. I love that golf has
me to learn throughout my time in high
allowed me to challenge myself, and I also
school. It has also grown my confidence
enjoy getting to practice by myself. It is a
tremendously which I am super grateful
good escape from everything else going on
for. It is something that I can use on and
in the world and gives me a few hours to
off the golf course.
focus on something positive.
Golf is one of the most challenging
What advice would you give
sports to master. What has been the
to someone who wants to
most rewarding experience of your
start playing golf?
golf career? Golf is equally as frustrating as it is rewarding. For me personally, the most rewarding experience of my golf career has been winning tournaments. I think everyone loves to win, but for me, I enjoy winning because I feel like it’s affirmation that my practice is paying off. It also means that I am growing as a golfer which is extremely important to me.
I would recommend that you go out there with an open mind and lots of patience. Golf is an extremely hard game to learn, so you have just got to know that it is going to take some time. But I would truly recommend golf to any and everyone. It is a great social activity as well as exercise. It’s super fun, a great way to get outdoors, and a good form of exercise that you can do with your friend!
I am looking most forward to being challenged. I always want to be the best version of myself whether that is on or off the course. I think playing golf at Howard will put me in a competitive environment that will help me become a better golfer.
MADDY A high school senior, commited to St. Bonaventure University.
Why did you choose to play
What are you looking forward
Lacrosse? How old were you when
to while playing lacrosse at
you first started playing?
St. Bonaventure University ?
I started playing lacrosse in 6th grade. I
I am looking forward to getting close with my
tried all sports like basketball, soccer, track
teammates and coaches, and playing against
and field, but I never fell in love with them
high level teams. I love the campus and I can’t
the way I did with lacrosse. I just picked up
wait to explore even more. I am also looking
a stick and fell in love with the game.
forward to a high level education and working to leave a legacy at St. Bonaventure.
How was the college recruitment process? What advice would you give to any athlete in dealing with college recruitment stress?
During your lacrosse career, what accomplishment are you the most proud of?
I feel like giving back to my At first it was rather slow, then I started getting interesting emails from good D1 and D2 programs. Not every school that recruited, offered me a scholarship, which I think is something most high school athletes need to know. My advice to any high school player looking to play lacrosse in college is to make a highlight
community was my biggest accomplishment. I was invited to help run a clinic called SportyGirls that taught less fortunate black girls in Atlanta how to play lacrosse. It really opened my eyes and made me realize how blessed I was, but also
reel of your best offensive/defensive
how lacrosse isn't played in black
plays, and send them to coaches. I
neighborhoods and towns. Being able
emailed over 100 coaches throughout
to bring lacrosse to them, and hand
the process, and St. Bonaventure was
them their first stick ever to play with
one of them. They came and watched
was mesmerizing. I felt amazing
me play in Florida, and after they invited
because I was able to grow the sport
me to visit. The main key is to be patient
to more girls that come from low
and don’t rush the process, and don’t
income families.
commit to the first school that offers you.
Lacrosse has taught me that it is okay to be different. There are girls of all races and ethnicities that play lacrosse nowadays, and a few years ago the sport was 99% white. This sport has given me confidence on and off the field, and I will forever be grateful for it.
J.J. A college Freshman at Duke University
What inspired you to start
Growing up, how did soccer provide
playing soccer?
you with a sense of community?
I first started playing soccer with my two
As I was growing up, my family and I
brothers. I think that being the only girl and
moved around a lot. We spent on average
middle child is where I derived my
two to three years in one country. Soccer
competitiveness from. We watched a lot of
gave me a sense of community almost
soccer in my household especially when the
immediately every time I was welcomed in
World Cup was on. The passion of this sport
a new place. It is such a universal sport
is truly unmatched and that is something I
that no matter where you go people are
have always found amazing.
going to want to play and overall just brings people together.
Who is a soccer player that you
Why did you choose to play soccer
look up to? What makes him or
at Duke University? What are you
her so captivating?
looking forward to during your college experience?
Cristiano Ronaldo. He is known for his hard
Duke provides me with a competitive
work that has gotten him to where he is. He
atmosphere both athletically and
is one of the best examples of not giving up
academically. I am someone who needs to
and his willingness to win is like no other. At
be challenged in both aspects of life to
an age where many soccer players are
reach my full potential. I love the
nearing their retirement, he plays like he is
environment as well. The students,
still in his prime. He wants to be the best
professors, and coaching staff who have all
and makes sure he gets that recognition. He
been so welcoming. I am looking forward to
still finds ways to impress people everyday
really developing as a soccer player as well
and puts it all out on the field.
as finding my passion for what I want to do after college.
What has been the most meaningful moment in your soccer career? I’m not sure if I can choose just one meaningful moment but one thing that I am always grateful for is my time at IMG Academy. It always comes as such a shock to everyone that I left home at age 13 and moved to a different continent to play soccer. There, I went from coming from a place where women’s soccer was almost non-existent to where it was arguably the most popular female sport. I came in and was behind in my development compared to my teammates but I took advantage of the unmatched facilities, staying after practice everyday and improving as a soccer player.
It is such a universal sport that
no matter
where you go people are going to want to play and overall it just brings people together.
TAKE
CARE
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GIAMB ATTISTA . V ALLI
WHAT
COVID-19
As an aspiring healthcare professional, I
As the COVID-19 pandemic started
wanted to speak out about the
spreading and expanding across the
relationship between mental health and
world, the concept of a “quarantine”
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (which
started to transform into a living reality -
has now hit the one-year mark), and my
for each and every one of us. Countries
own experiences with it.
around the world went on lockdown,
For ages now, the terms “quarantine”
ultimately changing the way that our
and “social distancing” have been
society functions - schools being
around. To many, these concepts have
canceled for the entire year, limits being
been familiar, and a daily occurrence.
put on traveling, not being allowed to
Take, for example, cancer patients, or
gather in groups, requiring masks to be
any patient with a weak immune system.
worn in public places, and most of all,
They have been socially distanced every
trying to stay home as much as you can.
day of their life as a patient, to make
Now, at the start of this pandemic, many
sure that they do not contract diseases
people in society took this phenomenon
or even catch something as simple as
lightly, thinking that they couldn’t
the common cold so that they can live.
contract the disease and that they were
HAS TAUGHT
ME
somehow, “safe” from it.
As the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading and expanding across the world, the concept of a “quarantine” started to transform into a living reality - for each and every one of us. Countries around the world went on lockdown, ultimately changing the way that our society functions - schools being canceled for the entire year, limits being put on traveling, not being allowed to gather in groups, requiring masks to be worn in public places, and most of all, trying to stay home as much as you can. Now, at the start of this pandemic, many people in society took this phenomenon lightly, thinking that they couldn’t contract the disease and that they were somehow, “safe” from it. Sure, no one truly knows when we will rise above the spread of this pandemic. Every single day, the number of cases and deaths rise - leading us to question, when will this all end? It is greatly terrifying to know that such an illness is widely spreading across the globe and that we don’t have a set answer as to when the world will “reopen”. Although it might seem like an unusual time to be optimistic, positivity is essential in the face of this crisis. During times like these, we need to smile, appreciate the small things in life and have our family members’ backs. For the past nine months that I’ve spent in quarantine, I’ve personally come to appreciate how fortunate I am. For my family, the resources I have, and all the luxuries in my life, that allow me to live normally, without any worries, while being in this quarantine. I realized that many people don’t even have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a roof over their heads in these tough times, making me feel even more grateful for everything I have been given. I believe that we should take this aspect of I am also grateful for all of the people who put their lives at risk on a
“social distancing” into a positive light by both
daily basis so that we are able to safely stay in quarantine. Of
society and media. Even if we aren’t able to
course, hats off to the volunteers, nurses, and doctors who are all
meet with our friends, travel, or do some things
working in emergency rooms to make quick decisions and trying to
we were able to do in the past, we are still
save as many lives as they can - while trying to save their own.
fortunate to have people in our community that
Although the media has shed light on the healthcare professionals
work hard to protect us, putting themselves as
who are working to save lives, quite literally, it is also important to
well as their family’s lives at risk, and should be
recognize those who are helping society function. The garbage and
grateful to all of them for keeping us safe.
recycling collectors who come every week to make sure that there is
Furthermore, we should take this quarantine to
no buildup of trash in neighborhoods, the grocery store workers who
appreciate the small things in life as well as
put themselves at risk (in that they come into contact with a
reflect on our true selves. We should take this
multitude of people) so that people could buy groceries to feed their
time at home to prioritize ourselves and family,
family at home, the hospice and elderly care nurses, and the
as well as appreciate those who serve us to
volunteers who are making masks and going shopping for families
allow us to spend family time while they take
with elderly. They have their own families to go back to at home, but
care of major issues in society.I hope you all
they still choose the risk and decide to serve their communities as
were able to see a few things that I’ve learned
well. Because of them, our society has been able to function
from this quarantine and apply them to your
normally, allowing us to stay at home with our families and get the
lives! Please stay safe! Wash your hands, social
resources and services we need. Although we have been in
distance, and always remember, positivity is key!
quarantine for a while now,
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do. BrenÊ Brown
:KCIP S'ROTIDE
BOOK OF THE MONTH
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Madison Cochran
The best piece of advice I can give to anyone who’s still learning to like themself: stop comparing yourself to other people. I’m honestly not even talking about social media here. At least for me, it’s always been pretty easy to turn the people that pop up on my screen into fictional characters that just happen to represent that small portion of the population that are happy and productive all the time. But it’s harder to do that with real people. They’re always going to be right there alongside me, having better grades or more awards or more friends than I do. In the past, it’s been easy to get caught up in the many ways I don’t measure up to other people. But never once have I been able to turn this comparison into motivation: “So-and-so is really fantastic at XYZ, and I want to be good at XYZ, and so here is my realistic plan on how to improve upon at least X and Y.” No. It’s always something more along the lines of: “So-and-so is really fantastic at XYZ and I’m not. I’ll never be as good as they are at XYZ, and now I’m going to feel bad about myself.” So, I’ve learned to purposely not consider other people’s achievements in comparison to my own; I’ve learned to be neutral. And once that started working, I started to be excited for other people when good things happened for them. Separating my achievements from other people’s has allowed me to really celebrate my own accomplishments instead of feeling like they were minor in comparison to that of others, which has really helped me feel more comfortable with where I am now.
Photos from Vogue Fashion Archive
WHAT'S YOUR
AREA CODE
Area, an on the rise fashion brand, created a couture line and brought a new look and feel to this year's couture week. The main designers experimented with new silouttes to create something out of the ordinary.
COOL
GIRLS
IT'S ALL IN HIS CARDS Photos from Vogue Fashion Archive
Photo by: Yousuf Karsh
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hristian Dior found comfort in studying tarot cards during WW2. At the time, he felt nervous for the safety of him and his family. So he turned to tarot cards, as a guiding source.
Almost 75 years later, Dior’s current head, Maria Grazia Chiuri took Christian Dior’s love for tarot cards, and made it into a collection. The collection debuted during a 15 minute film directed by Matteo Garrone. The film and the collection were made to symbolize how in rough times, people can find themselves in magic.
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