September ESSENCE

After I got past the ashy faced/ashy wig-wearing pic of Gab Union on the cover of ESSENCE, I read enuf to be surprisingly pleased with this month's issue.
Seriously, I stared at the cover and said, wow, they have an unknown model...that's different! Then I figured out who it was. (Sorry Gab)

I'm an ESSENCE fan for life, but this issue is really solid. The information inside is stuff you can actually use right now: clothes/accessories that aren't as expensive as usual, a guide on going to college and finding aid if you're returning or a first-timer, an interesting feature on Gab (who I'm not even a fan of) and a two-page fashion spread on some real life chicks. Yes, there's a spread with my gurl Dani from Top Model, but they also took a page out of Seventeen mag and just went on the street and took pics of some fly, stylish chicks! .....maybe it's just me, but I get more inspired by every day ladies than supermodels, anyway.
And if that weren't enuf, they had a profile of a lady with my DREAM JOB title: Senior Vice President of Programming and Production. Toni Judkins of TV One said, "I can read a book and say, 'This would make a great series,' then actually make that happen. I can create positive, authentic, unapolegetic depictions of African-Americans."....*sigh* One day I will too!
Good job, ESSENCE!