This week’s most inspiring, comical, beautiful, strange, culturally relevant, or totally irrelevant highlights our editors found on Instagram this week:
INSTAGRAMS OF THE WEEK 26/06
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqLqk8Acv7/
For the girls who like boys, or at least the clothes they wear. I once dated a man six months longer than I wanted to date the man itself, simply because I wanted to continue dating the man’s closet. – Janna Shaw, Editor
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBy69ddhVWo/?utm_source=ig_embed
Last weekend, over a hundred surfers and onlookers gathered at Rockaway Beach FR a paddle against police injustice, organized by Louis Harris, founder of the non-profit organization East Coast chapter of the Black Surfing Association. – Sina Braetz, Fashion Director
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Av4qXqach/
Not only does Dönerteller Versace have the greatest Insta handle in existence, but she also has one of the greatest curated feeds. Not sure how to describe this, but you can expect barbed wire braces, grossly glossy lips, and the Berlin soft-tough aesthetic we have all come to love. – Janna Shaw, Editor
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBvgYMPAfB5/?igshid=1oo1zj8k8vmaw
A quick reminder that nature is always there to inspire you and catches you softly from the circus of life. Just appreciate the beauty of it. – Maia Cavic, Editorial Intern
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3gGQhpngv/
Watching cat videos lowers stress and makes you happy, study suggests. The Internet loves cat content – so do I! Just take a moment, lay back and enjoy cute kitty content. – Olivier Mohrińge, Fashion Intern
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5FDCSnx4o/
Pole dancing classes in Berlin are mostly run by white, cis, straight women and are lacking diversity. Dancer Lucia is now starting to host community-based pole sessions for free, to create a safe space. – Fabio Pace, Junior Fashion Editor
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqMGEBn477/
Amidst these troubling times Deborah Willis, professor of photography, enriches the BLM-movement with a very personal approach. In the New York Times, she published a collection of self-portraits by 27 black photographers reflecting on America together with a powerful essay of her own. “These self-portraits fuse together uncertainty, loneliness, dislocation, joy, and discovery, and the results make for deeply insightful storytelling”, the artist says about the collection. – Ann-Kathrin Lietz, Editorial Team
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0m5FlgIyz/
Activist Ocasio-Cortez‘s win could lead to a new future of the Democratic Party. With her work, she not only wants a revolution but clear results. – Sina Braetz, Fashion Director
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB38zprFa8X/
In collaboration with Paper Magazine, Lady Gaga hosted a fundraiser auction to gain donations for the Marsha P. Johnson Institute. Gaga appeared in the Zoom conference in multiple costumes and dance acts. – Fabio Pace, Junior Fashion Editor
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1n8GmFrjm/
Individuals like her change the world and make it a better place. Photographer Russell Frederick captured farmer Mrs. Brenda Dushane at one of her five Brownsville community gardens, serving the Brownsville community for ten years with no publicity. – Sina Braetz, Fashion Director
