I feel like there’s always that time of year where Hollywood annoys me and wants to test my gangsta as a Black Woman in America. One of the things that Black People in America can be proud of is our many contributions to the American society from literally building America on our backs, to inventions […]
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Reigning in my Blackness and the Art of the Human Body
The journey of a Black Woman in America and the world is that of many obstacles, bumps and stumbles along the way. As Langston Hughes wrote, “Life for me aint been no crystal stair”. Which simply means that life has been quite a roller coaster of ups and downs, good and bad that I fully […]
Birth of a Nation *movie review*
Birth of a Nation straight up rocked my soul. I literally left the movie theatre in a trance and for some reason had to control my breathing because I was so emotional. I’m writing this review while listening to Nina Simone’s Strange Fruit because it was the song that touched me the most from the film. […]