Clutchettes and Gents – feel free to suggest any interviews or article subjects/topics you would love to see us tackle and feature?

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You might have noticed that the blog network is down on Clutch and we wanted to let you know why. Well – we have decided to switch things up a bit and incorporate more fashion, beauty, money, career, decor, celebrity news and more into our daily blog – News.Gossip.Info. At this time, we are in the process of updating the site design for the changes. If you were a big fan of Stylistic, Fuchsia, Paper, Pad, The Edge or Golden – don’t worry – it’s still here, just in News. Gossip.Info. Stay tuned for the updated site and changes.

As always, thanks for supporting Clutch! We owe every bit of our success and growth to you. :)

xoxo, Dede
dsutton@clutchmagonline.com

We are currently seeking detail-oriented, creative, and enthusiastic interns to join our team. Intern candidates should be well organized and self-motivated, with strong writing skills and a strong interest in digital media including a broad familiarity with media websites and blogs. If you are interested in becoming a part of Clutch, please send a resume, 2-3 writing samples, and a short cover letter to clutchmagonline@gmail.com.

{*All internships are unpaid. College credit is available. Internships available in the following departments: fashion, beauty, lifestyle and pr/marketing.}

We would like to thank you all for making us one of the leading online magazines for young women of color. Your appreciation of insightful editorial and commentary makes us that much more excited and dedicated to continue filling the void for quality destinations for young contemporary women of color. We love all your comments and can’t thank you enough for all your support.

To the young and fly, the young at heart; the cool and sexy, the silly and intelligent; the divas and gentleman, the ballers and the broke – Clutch needs you!

We introduce to you the Clutch “Tell-a-Friend” Campaign! Help spread the word about Clutch and the Clutch Blog Network; we know all you Clutchettes are good for the gab. To reward you for your generosity, Clutch is giving away prizes to the top referrers! Simply go to the “Tell-a-Friend” page and submit the email addresses of friends, family, coworkers or a neighbor in need of some Clutch. They’ll receive an introductory email about the magazine, and you’ll have the chance to win a Clutch bag filled with goodies.

The “Tell-a-Friend” campaign runs through August 31st, 2009. Please see the “Tell-a-Friend” page for details.

Clutchettes and Gents – feel free to suggest any interviews or article subjects/topics you would love to see us tackle and feature?

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Also, if you are looking a daily dose of Fashion, Beauty, Business/Finance, Decor and Celebrity news and features please visit out blog network located at the bottom of each page!

Hi Everyone! We apologize for the slowness and errors you have been receiving when visiting our site — we are still experiencing server issues and we are trying to get everything up and running correctly. Thanks for continuing to support Clutch and we should be back to normal very soon!

FYI: If you made a comment on any of the articles on the site while we were fixing the server last night or this morning they might have been lost in the update. We apologize if your comment was one of them :( but feel free to post it again!

Collier Lunn

My experiences with Clutch have been amazing. To engage Dede in conversation renders one helpless as her drive and passion for Clutch are contagious. It is my pleasure to contribute articles and editorial skills to this magnificent online publication that transcends color lines – reaching women globally. I am honored to be in the company of such talented, savvy, and beautiful people. Clutch as provided me a tremendous space to spread my wings and soar to heights I did not believe I could.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CLUTCH! I want to thank Dede for inviting me into her wonderful circle from the very start of this endeavor. And to the Clutch family, you are all amazing. Here’s looking to the great milestones yet to come. I am privileged to travel this bold and beautiful journey with all of you. – Collier Lunn, Contributing Writer

Kristina Williams

Where do I begin? First, I have to say an extra Happy 2nd anniversary to one of the best online magazines out there! And I’m not just saying that because I work for Clutch — but after being an avid reader of Clutch for over a year to now being apart of this extremely gifted team, all I can say is the experience has been nothing short of amazing thus far. From day one, I’ve felt apart of the Clutch family. Clutch has given me the opportunity to grow as a fashion writer and also as a young business woman. Since my start at Clutch back in October of 2008, I’ve learned so much especially about working for a magazine (Hello deadlines and write ups!) and all that it takes to keep it together. It’s a lot of work but the end result is so worth it! And of course it doesn’t hurt to have Dede as your boss! Dede is the sweetest and realest person ever and she pours her heart, soul, sweat and tears in Clutch continuously! I truly look up and admire Dede as she is a living example that dreams can come true with lots of hard work and belief in self. I look forward to many more anniversaries with Clutch as we are truly unstoppable! There’s nowhere else to go but up! :) – Kristina Williams, Fashion Assistant

“My president is Black; my nails are painted blue, I don’t know how I went this long in life without you.”

For the first time, I’ve seen my life- the real me, living in this modern day as a young intellectual woman of color represented on your web pages. Thanks to Clutch founder, Deanna “Dede” Sutton and her relentless vision for what Clutch can be – witty, wild, limitless – I get the greater privilege of being able to contribute to making Clutch even more “Clutchier”: content that I hope is loved as much by readers as I love laboring over it.

As Black women, we are quick to be marginalized in mainstream media, viewed as disease having, Black men hating, squad of single welfare mothers who are in all instances angry. A primary example of why it’s important for us to craft our own narratives. The real is, we are as varied as flavors of jelly belly and come in as many colors. Our interests extend beyond how we can trap a man in ten days or which cut of denim will accentuate our collective phat ass. Clutch indulges its dear reader by seeking out the absolute antithesis to typical Black women magazine content by observing, analyzing and finally questioning its realistic relevancy to a lady living out loud in 2009.

Most magazines have to spend gross amounts of energy discussing who their reader is and figuring out how to appeal to their tastes. In the case of Clutch, the writers are the reader, and because Clutch has opted to buck traditional publication by remaining online and independent, there is a constant flow of original ideas between authors and subscribers that happens in real time on Clutch, with message boards-letting us know if, at an editorial level, Clutch has succeeded in its efforts to inform, entertain, engage and enlighten.

So thank you Clutch, for being the prototype. You are more than a magazine to me. You are the Vitamin C in my OJ, the press in my curl. Here’s to another year of breaking all boundaries when it comes to being the premier lifestyle portal online for African-American women.

XOXO. Nat.