Affect is your outward expression of emotions and mood. It refers to how others think you feel as evidenced by your behaviors, like crying or laughing. On the other hand, mood is how you actually feel and is internal. A person's affect is not always congruent with their mood.
Essence, a 48-year-old monthly lifestyle magazine, has a majority-black readership. The magazine focuses on fashion, pop culture, music and black life. It also holds an annual music festival, which was headlined last year by Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige and Chance the Rapper.
When Sir Mix-A-Lot released Baby Got Back a whopping 22 years ago (OK, we feel old), there was a lot of talk surrounding the track's sexual lyrics about women. The video was even banned temporarily by MTV. There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Baby Got Back this summer.