by Mark Van Streefkerk • Apr 19, 2021 at 9:30 am
Goddess Briq House wants to challenge the stereotypes of bikini barista stands and create job opportunities for BIPOC, queer, trans, and disabled folks along the way. Photo by Justice Latriece
Erotic entrepreneur, educator, and award-winning burlesque performer Goddess Briq House has wanted to start a bikini coffee stand franchise for years. The executive producer of Quink Social Club and Sunday Night Shuga Shaq, the only all-BIPOC burlesque revue in the Pacific Northwest, wanted to challenge the stereotypes of a bikini barista stand and create opportunity for her communities in the process. Now, thanks to some divinely inspired alignment, the vision is closer than ever. Goddess has secured a coffee trailer, and she just needs some more funding to make it happen. A GoFundMe campaign was launched for the business at the end of March, and so far has collected over $3,800 of the $18k goal.
White House Report Card: Stimulus victory in sight, ‘Neanderthal’ in rearview mirror Print this article
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Biden on the verge of the Senate s passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package after compromises with centrists cleared away some hurdles.
It is a big win for the White House that is starting to stumble elsewhere, especially on its pro-immigrant policies that are driving thousands of illegal immigrants to the border.
The White House also felt emboldened when Biden took a slap at “Neanderthal” Republican governors who they believe are opening up their states too early, threatening a return to higher coronavirus infections. Tapping into the GOP’s outcry about the cancel culture hitting Dr. Seuss, the White House joked, “Republicans may complain, but they’re still in thrall, to a president who acted like a Neanderthal.”