One glance onto the current media landscape reveals countless shows featuring all black or predominately black casts. The current lineup is seemingly a representational dream come true, with more black faces than ever before dominating the small screen. As elucidated with the Obama campaign, and most recently through elected officials like Eric Adams and Kamala…
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HBO’s Insecure and Social Bleaching
Honestly, I should have stopped watching Insecure years ago. However, my desire to be proven wrong too often supercedes the reality that awaits me after ever episode. This reality manifests itself in the disappointment that hits me at least twice before the credits roll. The scene with Lawrence having a threesome with two white women…
Disrespectful Moments from Insecure episode “Hella Disrespectful”
Molly’s Wig (s): Yvonne Orji is a beautiful woman. Yet her gorgeous African figures succumb to the unstated tragedy of unflattering wigs. This proves that inauthentic hair, be it a wig, weave, or unnatural hair color, is simply an injustice and insult to black beauty. FYI, I feel the same way about Issa’s dyed tresses, as it suggests…
Now, Tell Me that Ain’t Insecure…
Tis been a rough weekend ( I will further divulge the details of this in a post I hope to have up by Wednesday the latest). I purchase vegetable patties from a black-owned bakery near my home, and often have to park creatively in order to patronize this business and depart without colliding with other…
About the “Racist” Black Vice-Principal on Insecure
In Season 2 Episode 2 of Insecure viewers meet a seemingly insignificant new character. The character is Vice-Principal Gaines, an authoritative figure of a corresponding school for We Got Ya’ll—the non-profit organization Issa works for. He’s overtly inundated with responsibility, something made quite obvious. His responsibilities are far less overt than what appears to be…
Insecure, An Analysis of Season 2 Episode 1
In Shonda Rhimes like fashion, Season two episode one of Issa Rae’s HBO series Insecure issues its most memorable content in the last two minutes. The episode ends with a reunited Issa and Laurence, who abruptly split after Laurence discovers Issa’s infidelity. Their reunion was brash, unemotional, and brief. Upon conclusion, Issa’s facial expression mirrored…
Issa Rae’s Insecure and the Black Female Narrative
In recent years, the western world has seen an abundance of black faces on television. From Kerry Washington as Scandal’s Olivia Pope to Loni Love as co-host of daytime talk show The Real, the black female body appears prominent where she was once obscure. Featuring blacks as professionals appears a necessary shift away from caricatured…
Whispers of a Womanist 