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.
What Does It Mean To Be âWokeâ? ESSENCE Unveils List Of 100 Woke Women For The May 2017 Issue. ESSENCEâs 47th anniversary cover features a dozen women who are pushing the STAY WOKE movement forward. For the first time ever, ESSENCE honors 12 women on its cover who are blazing trails for equal rights and inclusion for Black people in America.