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1 month ago | 
huckmag.com | Robert Kazandjian |Catherine Jones |Zoe Paskett |Cyna Mirzai
For hundreds of years, queer history has been hidden in plain sight, its artists casting their gazes in a myriad of ways, encoded in our constructs of beauty, desire, status, and wealth. Photography’s arrival in 1839 signalled a remarkable shift, placing the power of image-making in the hands of the people rather than the establishment. For those driven to create, visibility quickly became an act of resistance against misrepresentation, marginalisation, and erasure.
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1 month ago | 
huckmag.com | Catherine Jones |Zoe Paskett |Cyna Mirzai
Hailing from south London, Krept & Konan first broke through in 2013 with their mixtape Young Kingz. They’ve since flourished into UK rap’s most successful, platinum-selling double act, offsetting combustible street anthems (‘Bloodclart’) and lusty club heaters (‘Freak Of The Week’) with raw, deeply personal writing on songs like ‘My Story’, ‘Last Letter To Cadet’ and ‘Broski’.
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1 month ago | 
huckmag.com | Zoe Paskett |Cyna Mirzai |Emma-Jean Thackray |Isaac Muk
Dallas native Sharon Smith landed in New York during the winter of 1978, with dreams of becoming a photographer. “I was a bit lost and terribly naive, with no clue how to make a living,” says Smith. “It took me a while to figure that out.” During summer 1980, Smith happened upon a ‘help wanted’ advertisement in The Village Voice. The legendary nightclub, Copacabana, needed photographers to work high school proms.
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1 month ago | 
huckmag.com | Zoe Paskett |Cyna Mirzai |Emma-Jean Thackray |Isaac Muk
On a sun-drenched morning in Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny — born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — strolls into Zeta 93, the hometown radio station that once made his college-student heart race with nerves. Back then, he was a kid pursuing a communications degree. “I had the dream of getting into radio and having my own program,” he explains. Today?
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1 month ago | 
huckmag.com | Cyna Mirzai |Emma-Jean Thackray |Isaac Muk |Jake Hall
Under a disco ball on a rainy Monday evening in Walthamstow, an empty, wooden dance floor is waiting. Around its edges, clumps of friends chatter and chug down water, wiping sweat from their foreheads and recovering from their last dance. “I so nearly had that one!” one of them says. “Oh god, I didn’t,” says someone else walking past. Then, ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’ by Britney Spears comes on the speakers, and six or seven people run into the middle of the room and spread out.
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2 months ago | 
huckmag.com | Cyna Mirzai |Emma-Jean Thackray |Isaac Muk |Jake Hall
With the CIA plotting to assassinate Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, the United States worked to destabilise the success of the widely popular democratic socialist leader who called out all players in the Cold War on behalf of the Global South. The newly liberated Caribbean nation was rocked by violence and the government destabilised, while American institutions reaped the benefits of a displaced labor force.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
northernvirginiamag.com | Cyna Mirzai
Preparing a Thanksgiving meal certainly renders its fair share of strain and stress, but it’s not the making of dishes like mashed potatoes or green beans that require advanced cooking skills. The baking of Thanksgiving pies for dessert, however, can be a different story. For those not gifted with baking skills, here are some bakeries where you can find holiday pies. To ensure you will have pies for dessert, you will want to order ahead of time.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
northernvirginiamag.com | Olivia Garrone |Cyna Mirzai
The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are two institutions close to the hearts of the many alumni, parents, students, or student hopefuls in our region. Northern Virginia Magazine takes a look at their history as both rivals and partners and shows you how they stack up. We asked two of our interns for an insider’s perspective on what their schools are really like. Here’s what they said.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
northernvirginiamag.com | Cyna Mirzai
Sunflower season is starting in Northern Virginia. In NoVA, you have great options, whether you want some fresh flowers to brighten your day or a fun day with the family. Here are farms where you can finish off your summer with blooming flowers. Great Country Farms July to August, open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. During July and August, you can cut your own sunflowers for $1 a stem or add on a mini bucket with 10 cut-your-own stems. Bring your own clippers.
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Jun 28, 2023 | 
northernvirginiamag.com | Cyna Mirzai
The Fourth of July is associated with barbeques, concerts, and fireworks. But while the latter can be a favorite for us, our dogs and cats don’t exactly feel the same. Those dazzling and colorful sparks are loud, repetitive noises that can create fear, stress, and anxiety in animals, but there are ways to calm your furry friends during the excitement. Understanding Noise Phobia To help calm your pets, it’s important to first understand why loud noises create stress for them.
