Before I begin this post, please allow me to state what I am sure will get lost in translation. To … More

It was a beautiful Sunday— a dichotomous backdrop to the tension that accompanies my weekly trips to acquire the fruits … More

    I am not friendly, and I seldom smile when among gentrifiers in a diluted black space. I have … More

Aladdin, in its most recent adaption, merges theatre and Bollywood on the big screen. Though inundated with Indian actors who … More

Will Packer (writer/director of 2017’s Girl Trip) kicks off 2019 with a remake of Mel Gibson’s What Women Want (2000) … More

What I find both fascinating and terrifying about contemporary culture is its use of intersectionality with regard to blackness. For … More

In a black studies course taught by an anti-black African adjacent “professor,” I, along with, my classmates were encouraged to … More

“I am convinced that symbolism is the death of progress.” 

In commemorating a milestone birthday gifted to me earlier this year, my most elaborate gifts were to the person I … More