The Capitalistic Ties of #BlackExcellence Are Linked to Internalized Respectability and Classism
#BlackExcellence is a methodology, an ideology, a marketing schema, and an aesthetic, and it deserves to be re-examined for its elitism and the capitalist exploitation it can and often does engender. By Dalí Adekunle There has always been a place in the
A Spectacular Spooky Season Horror Watch List
No matter your horror tastes or boundaries, there's bound to be something for you in this spooky season watch list. It's the most wonderful time of the year! And I've made you a list of recent and current horror movies and
Ledisi Is Here To Stay
An illustrious career, music true to her New Orleans roots, Grammy-nominated artist Ledisi is all of herself with her newest release, "The Wild Card". Ledisi has long been one of my favorite voices in the music industry. With her effortless
J.K. Rowling’s ‘Troubled Blood’ Adds to The Long History of Transmisogyny in Horror
Villainizing transness and pathologizing gender fluidity in horror, especially among men who seek to "become a woman", is a very old and ugly song. J.K. Rowling's newest book, Troubled Blood—in which a cis man dresses "as a woman" in order to
Kim Parker, The “Sassy, Fat Black Friend” Trope, And The Pervasiveness Of Fatphobia In Media
Kim Parker, and all the other "sassy, fat Black friends" who came before her, are there to make us laugh, but not for us to take seriously as characters or human beings. By Sydneysky G. As many of us revisit Moesha on