Nedra Rhone

Atlanta

Lifestyle Columnist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lifestyle Columnist for @ajc. Chicago native. Lover of deep house music, deep dish pizza and deep storytelling.

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Articles

RHONE: Atlanta ‘trophy wife’ empowers abuse survivors with tell-all book

1 week ago | macon.com | Nedra Rhone

Women dressed in black and white swarmed the entrance of Brasserie Margot at the Four Seasons last Wednesday. Lisa Kaye Rayner, a journalist and public relations professional, wound her way through the crowd of women - a sea of fascinators, sequins and high heels - who had gathered to celebrate her birthday and the release of her memoir, "Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife."Rayner said the book had been brewing for years.
Atlanta ‘trophy wife’ empowers abuse survivors with tell-all book

1 week ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

Women dressed in black and white swarmed the entrance of Brasserie Margot at the Four Seasons last Wednesday. Lisa Kaye Rayner, a journalist and public relations professional, wound her way through the crowd of women — a sea of fascinators, sequins and high heels — who had gathered to celebrate her birthday and the release of her memoir, “Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife.”Rayner said the book had been brewing for years.
Pregnant, on life support and left with no choice

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

Last week, I got a text message from my sister asking if I had seen the story about a pregnant woman in Atlanta who was being kept on life support until her baby was born. “WHAT? No, let me go look for it now. Jesus,” I replied. “This can’t be real,” I thought as I typed keywords into my computer. But of course, this is real. And I should have known it was real because it has happened before. Then, as now, it has led us smack into a convoluted debate about law, medical ethics, and abortion.
Opinion: Why is this slur worth $750K and counting?

3 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Nedra Rhone

For the past week, Kiandria Demone, an Atlanta-based mom and entrepreneur, has been locked in a battle with payment processor Stripe. Her goal? To prevent a woman in Rochester, Minnesota, from financially benefiting after calling a 5-year-old an overused racial slur. In late April, a woman at a public park in Minnesota was observed hurling the n-word at a child with autism.
Why is this slur worth $750K and counting?

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

For the past week, Kiandria Demone, an Atlanta-based mom and entrepreneur, has been locked in a battle with payment processor Stripe. Her goal? To prevent a woman in Rochester, Minnesota, from financially benefiting after calling a 5-year-old an overused racial slur. In late April, a woman at a public park in Minnesota was observed hurling the n-word at a child with autism.
RHONE: The pope is Black, maybe?

3 weeks ago | macon.com | Nedra Rhone

"We got a Black Pope."This is the headline of a story posted Friday by the Washington Informer, a Black newspaper that has served the Washington area since 1964. It was a decidedly different headline from the ones in mainstream news outlets last week when Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. The selection of the first U.S.-born pontiff caught some people off guard. And, if that surprised the world, it was even more surprising the pope, at least by the historical definition, is also Black.
The pope is Black, maybe?

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

“We got a Black Pope.”This is the headline of a story posted Friday by the Washington Informer, a Black newspaper that has served the Washington area since 1964. It was a decidedly different headline from the ones in mainstream news outlets last week when Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. The selection of the first U.S.-born pontiff caught some people off guard. And, if that surprised the world, it was even more surprising the pope, at least by the historical definition, is also Black.
Plans for new baby boom are a bust for motherhood

1 month ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

As Mother’s Day approaches this weekend, I am unsettled by a movement moving into mainstream culture. Pronatalism, an ideology that encourages women to have more children to reverse a decline in birth rates, is back with a new group of proponents buoyed by the support of government allies. I’ll state here that I love children. I love being a mother.
RHONE: Target boycott must aim higher than reinstating DEI programs

1 month ago | ajc.com | Nedra Rhone

I haven’t been to a Target since February 14. That was two weeks after Minnesota activists called for a boycott of the massive retailer to protest Target’s announcement that it would end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and investments to stay in “step with the evolving external landscape.”The external landscape had evolved days earlier when President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending federal DEI programs.
Spring break hasn't changed. We have.

1 month ago | ledger-enquirer.com | Nedra Rhone

Spring break season has almost come to an end. If the dispatches from Georgia, Florida and other coastal states are to be believed, 2025 could be remembered as the year America wrestled spring break into submission. This past weekend, Orange Crush, one of the final gatherings of the season, brought tens of thousands of young people to Tybee Island.