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It's such a cheesy, kind of terribly scripted film, but like I said, it's kind of fun to joke around with someone about it and to not take it so seriously. Like many of the other non-US directors on this list, you also see the variety in storytelling and filmmaking across the world, the way that films don't have to follow the linear path that we're used to in the United States, the way that stories don't need high action or violence or whatnot in order to be captivating--sometimes it's just as much about small moments. I guess that the first thing that I loved about watching it is that it was created by two people from Oakland, set in Oakland, and I got to watch it in Oakland and drive by some of the places in the film after the film (and on one of my last nights in California). There's no pattern to the films I watched this summer or really any way to tie all of these together, but there's something special about sharing a film and watching it for the first time with someone.

A Black, hijabi Muslim woman, you could tell that her designs are for women of color--and especially Black and/or Muslim women--by a woman of color. I can't speak to Nathalia Gaviria's work, but I loved how the other two designers' work was deeply based on the celebration of their identity. I was glad that my first two New York Fashion Week shows gave a taste of high fashion but grounded in a sense of belonging and home, of embracing. Here's to continuing forward to a more inclusive New York Fashion Week and fashion world more generally.

You're in the moment, but if you're leaving behind your usual life, thoughts, stresses, worries, happinesses, what does that moment mean? I want to be able to travel in a way that's a little bit outside of my comfort zone but in a way that will help me to grow without creating new traumas. In the same way I'm working on healing and "coming alive" and being in the moment in my every day life, I owe it to myself to also do that when I'm not home. I want to be fully present, with all of my struggles and pain and problems and all, and I want to be able to find my way through it, with people who support me and help me find that way.

The first one I attended was for three designers: Nathalia Gaviria, Eman Idil Bare, and Charles and Ron. A Black, hijabi Muslim woman, you could tell that her designs are for women of color--and especially Black and/or Muslim women--by a woman of color. I can't speak to Nathalia Gaviria's work, but I loved how the other two designers' work was deeply based on the celebration of their identity. I was glad that my first two New York Fashion Week shows gave a taste of high fashion but grounded in a sense of belonging and home, of embracing .