A Black Female Perspective…
Themes of race, gender etc explored in popular culture.
FX’s Atlanta presents what is largely missing from black portrayal—an unadulterated portrayal of black life. The series does not feature picturesque characters of the cookie cutter sort. Though the series lead Earn (OG) is a Princeton graduate and in real-life Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) is a Yale graduate—the series captures a narrative that […]
Call for Papers Fire: The Second Edition (Title in progress pending copyright) Catherine C. Saunders: Editor In honor of the 92nd year since the first and only issue of Fire: Devoted to the Younger Negro Artist, this upcoming project seeks to pay homage to writer and editor Wallace Thurman and the black creative in producing […]
Introduction George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Christopher Columbus. These are just a few of the white men history remembers favorably–despite their unfavorable actions. Washington was a slave owner. Jefferson was a rapist. Columbus was a thief. Yet, the date of their earthly arrival remains a national celebration. Those of us subject to the contemporary enslavement enabled by […]
To be honest, Breaking In did not even bear much of a promise in its promos. By this, I speak specifically to the banality of the promotional images, not the talent of the featured melanated actors. Nevertheless, the allure of a black leading lady was enough to fill theatre seats with black women and black […]
She wasn’t there on birthdays, or Christmas. In fact, I am not sure once they reached adolescence if they even remembered her face. Though I hope they did. I hope that when they reached deep inside themselves for memories the institution told them to forget, they saw her-her full Afro. That in deafening silence they […]
Allow me to set the scene…. It was a spring day in Oakland, California and a black mother, diligently working on her degree was summoned to campus to tend to some collegiate business. She brought her son along with her, who was on a state-designated break at the time. She positioned him with lunch, a […]
Preface I did not want to publish this piece, because I feared it centralized someone not even worthy of an honorable mention. In writing this piece, it became evident that this experience was not about either individual involved, but demonstrative of an institutionalized problem frequently experienced but seldom articulated. I originally authored this piece in […]
Admittedly, Mented Cosmetics, For Harriet, Meld, and TGIN hair care line, have established themselves as pillars of black commerce. For Harriet maintains its placement as a pillar in black female media, providing analysis, enlightenment, and opinions anchored in the black female perspective. Meld functions as an online dating site particularly anchored in producing black love. […]
Maya Angelou– a pedagogical poetess whose words healed many hearts and lifted many chins– is most remarkable for the moral her life tells. Maya Angelou is a testament to the fact that it’s not how you start but how you finish. Angelou had many titles in her life, but when most had “settled down” she […]
Torn between my indifference for Tyler Perry’s fascination of the black female narrative, and a desire to support Taraji P Henson as lead actress, my experience viewing the movie proved just as ambivalent. Acrimony tells the story of Melinda (Taraji P. Henson) who viewers meet a court hearing where she is advised to stop “harrassing […]
