Josie Duffy Rice offers a wide breadth of insight on what it means to defund the police, why that call is necessary and how it is still not enough in moving towards a more peaceful and equitable society.
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It took me forever and a day to get up a Black Panther review but it is finally, FINALLY here.
One of the most iconic pictures of a Black woman doing what she does best, with a simple glance letting
Ava Duvernay’s talent is unmistakable. 13th (released on Netflix) is a beautifully depressing historical look at the criminalization of Black people
Folks are tiring of the conversation around Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation, a film that started out this year with
Hashtags and protesting accomplishes nothing. I've been hearing this message a lot of the past two weeks we've rolled through the hot heat of July. The summer breeze is stale. Many are trying to figure out what to make of 2016. Seven months in it’s been a hell of year. We celebrated our Blackness and then watched it be beaten down. We’re fighting a war while resonating glory. We’re all exhausted, emotionally and physically. But we must understand exactly why we're exhausted. We grew up being told protesting already happened. Why are respectability politics so deeply ingrained? Because we believed MLK already did the
This is a lot to unpack. I've written two posts on this. One on @Medium: I experienced a mass shooting.
Where to begin with season 4 of Orange is the New Black. I marathoned through this season on a Monday,
I entirely despise how many Americans believe that creating a society where we live in a state of perpetual fear is
So here's my 2015 Book List that has been much requested! I've launched the #SmartBrownGirl Bookstore, with my personal recommended
Sandra Bland was pulled over by Ofc. Brian Encina on July 10th, 2015 in Waller County for changing lanes without signaling. On July 13th, Sandra Bland was found dead in her jail cell. While many speculate the cause of Sandra's death, whether she really managed to hang herself with a trash bag or foul play was at hand, there's still much to be discussed before we even make to July 13th. Replaying the dash cam video, whether the hour long version or the clipped down 7 minutes, I realized the pivotal moment that forever changed the course of Bland's life
Girl friend! I have been sleeping on the blog posts that accompany my #PopSnark video series. Forgive me, but soak
#PopSnark is a weekly discussion on everything from the low brow to the high brow, as long as your eyebrows
The face of HIV/AIDs has changed in our generation. While the perception of the disease has become more humane it