On 11 September, Russian president Vladimir Putin appealed to Americans via an Op-Ed in The New York Times. The article was entitled “A Plea for Caution From Russia: What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria.” First, I must note that it’s highly uncommon for a president of another country to be published in The New York Times, so this is rather cool, to say the least. I read…
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Either I’m late or this just happened recently, but NIA SPEAKS has over 316,000 views! Yay! I saw this just prior to writing this post: I just wanted to say to all of my supporters: THANK YOU for contributing to greatness. I appreciate it all of you, and there is still more greatness to come. Take care! xoxo…
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Last year, my favorite dancer, Linda Celeste Sims, was interviewed by Ailey ballet instructor Theresa Ruth Howard. Linda has reached a level of mastery in technique, yet people are still wowed when watching her. When asked how she maintains her consistency, Linda dropped some wisdom: “Each year, I tell myself, ‘What are you gonna give this year? The consistency of dancing? Yes, but what else are you giving me?’ What…
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I recently realized that it’s been quite some time since I last broke down an article from The Optimist Creed, so here we go. I’ll be analyzing the eighth article. The creed is as follows… Promise yourself…To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in…
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Last week, I got to spend a few days in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was my first “international” trip without my parents. When you live in Michigan, Canada doesn’t really count as “out of the country.” Haha. Anyway, my sister and I were up there for a medical convention. Below are the photos I put on Instagram (@nialangley) of the outfits I wore in the streets. Top: Gap, Pants: Forever…
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I think it’s about time I slowly stepped into some controversial, or at least debatable, topics. I figured I should start with something light. Here it goes. I wanted to attack some of the double standards that have had such a strong bearing on our society. Old ones and new ones. Rich ones and poor ones. Black ones and white ones and Latin ones and Asian ones and so on.…
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Solange has become one of my favorite fashion icons. The now 27-year-old is so fabulous. I adore her! Here are a mere few of my favorite photographs of the singing fashionista from her blog mydamnblog. While we’re here, here’s a video of Solange singing “Bad Girls” for Black Cab Sessions. Happy Birthday, Solange! Take care.…
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I haven’t been feeling too awesome lately. I mean I feel fine, but I don’t feel awesome. I’m surrounded by SO many talented, driven, beautiful, awesome people. And, at the moment, I just feel like I’m… not. I’m not a student at Yale. I’m not a model. I’m not a resident of an awesome city. Life is dry right now – so dry, I have nothing to write about. (I loathe the…
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Brandon Stanton has a photography blog called Humans of New York. HONY has become one of my favorite blogs. If you haven’t heard of it, you need to check it out. Now. …GO! facebook.com/humansofnewyork Late last year, Brandon gave a TEDx talk at Columbia College. The talk is about how our worldview is negatively affected by good stories. Enjoy! I agree with Brandon. Do you? Let me know!…
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Our Beautiful People has been launched! Check it out at www.ourbeautifulpeople.tumblr.com and www.facebook.com/ourbeautifulppl! Stay beautiful!…
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