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By Metanoya Z. Webb ·December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
Sometimes the smallest gifts can be the hardest to buy. Not only do they need to be extra thoughtful because size actually matters, but price is another factor to consider as well.
And while the holidays may feel very different this year, holding onto family traditions like gift-giving can lift spirits and bring on just the right amount of joy.
As you continue your holiday shopping, consider one or more of these practical stocking stuffers from these dope Black-owned brands.
01Best Black Owned Greeting CardsFinally, a cool greeting card line that looks and sounds like us. 
available at Mind Kandy Suite $6 02Toni Morrison Coffee Mug 
available at Don’t Sleep Interiors $17 03Culture Socks All Power SocksYou can’t go wrong with statement socks so buy a few pair. 
available at Culture Socks $10 04Marche Rue Dix Copal Incense Sticks 
available at Marche Rue Dix Copal $18 05Philadelphia Print Works Fuck It Up Sis Patch 
available at Philadelphia Print Works $10 06Play Pits Natural Deodorant 
available at Play Pits $11 07Planted Haircare Hair & Scalp Oil 
available at Planted Haircare $18 08Emollient Body Butter 
available at Emollient $20 09Effortless Composition Hand-Carved Wood Rolling PinFor the chefs in your life looking to step up their culinary skills. 
$20 10Dare to BloomA motivational read from the founder of Travel Noire. 
available at Zim Flores $20 TOPICS: 2020 gift guide beauty holiday gifts Buy Black Holiday Gift Guide 2020
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By Metanoya Z. Webb ·December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
Sometimes the smallest gifts can be the hardest to buy. Not only do they need to be extra thoughtful because size actually matters, but price is another factor to consider as well.
And while the holidays may feel very different this year, holding onto family traditions like gift-giving can lift spirits and bring on just the right amount of joy.
As you continue your holiday shopping, consider one or more of these practical stocking stuffers from these dope Black-owned brands.
01Best Black Owned Greeting CardsFinally, a cool greeting card line that looks and sounds like us. available at Mind Kandy Suite $6 02Toni Morrison Coffee Mug available at Don’t Sleep Interiors $17 03Culture Socks All Power SocksYou can’t go wrong with statement socks so buy a few pair. available at Culture Socks $10 04Marche Rue Dix Copal Incense Sticks available at Marche Rue Dix Copal $18 05Philadelphia Print Works Fuck It Up Sis Patch available at Philadelphia Print Works $10 06Play Pits Natural Deodorant available at Play Pits $11 07Planted Haircare Hair & Scalp Oil available at Planted Haircare $18 08Emollient Body Butter available at Emollient $20 09Effortless Composition Hand-Carved Wood Rolling PinFor the chefs in your life looking to step up their culinary skills. $20 10Dare to BloomA motivational read from the founder of Travel Noire. available at Zim Flores $20 TOPICS: 2020 gift guide beauty holiday gifts Buy Black Holiday Gift Guide 2020The post 11 Black-Owned Stocking Stuffers Under $25 appeared first on Essence.
Writer: Bryan Hitch / Artist: Bryan Hitch / DC Comics
One day I’m not gonna like one of these Dark Night‘s tie-ins. But today is not that day. Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Flashpoint bangs.
It’s the most recent of these Dark Multiverse books that basically boil down to being DC’s version of What If?
This Flashpoint issue explores what would have happened if Barry succeeded in getting struck twice by lighting, but it killed him rather than giving him his Flash powers. And in the wake of his death, The Reverse Flash comes in and takes his place, navigating the Flashpoint world that we’ve come to know with unlimited power.
That’s basically what this issue winds up being: a playground for Eobard Thawne to play in and manipulate as he sees fit.
I won’t say that I rooted for Reverse Flash per se, or that it’s even possible to root for him, but the way Hitch writes him in this issue, I found myself often nodding in agreement with whatever he was doing. Even if it happened to be using his super-speed to atomize Cyborg out of existence.
Thawne winds up completely taking over the world because this is a world without the Flash, so they never saw him coming (joke intended). He recreates it in his own image until he meets the scrawny Superman who gives him a run for his money.
If Thawne is the protagonist of this story, meaning that his wants and desires drive the story forward, then Thomas Wayne Batman is the villain. Because he’s hellbent on recreating the world that Barry wanted to recreate. The one where Bruce survived that fateful night in crime alley and Thomas died.
Bryan Hitch did the damn thing on this book. My guy simultaneously impressed me and made me jealous that he was so effective narratively and visually. I may or may not be rethinking my life choices right now.
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Flashpoint is yet again a fire tie-in to the Dark Night‘s storyline. Do you need to read it? No. Will your life be better if you do? Hell yes.
10 Kryptonite Pistols out of 10
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