The Hulu Original Little Fires Everywhere is a series based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same name. Starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon, the series explores race, motherhood, and interpersonal relationships in the late ’90s. Hulu releases one episode a week, so it isn’t something you can binge-watch over a weekend. However, I watched […]
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While D.C. may be famous for its historical landmarks, there have been a number of other notable aspects that have given D.C. it’s culture— music being one. D.C is home to some of the most prominent entertainers in the music industry today! Shy Glizzy, Ari Lennox, Jonny Gill, Ginuwine, Tank, Wale, and more. With the
I first saw Hancock when it was released in theaters twelve years ago, and my mother led me back outside before it ended because of how much Will Smith was cursing. I remember her surprise at hearing such language in a PG-13 film. I didn’t encounter Hancock again until years later when I caught some
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If you have ever seen the first Bring it On, the film’s subject matter while wrapped in fluff and the world of cheerleading is just as relevant now as it was then. The idea of White people coming in and co-opting ideas created by Black people just to end up calling it their own. David
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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” –Frederick Douglass It’s the month of February, a very special month for African American people— Black History month. What first started off as a week to celebrate the American people, belonging to the lineage of the African Diaspora, became a month-long celebration. This is the
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If you are a writer, you almost never write. You experience things, things that are sad, happy, weird, funny and just plain real. However, if you are like me, you almost never open your laptop to write these experiences down. It often goes like this; you feel a spark of inspiration, you rush to your
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Raising Dion is a superhero science fiction series on Netflix created by Carol Barbee based on the 2015 comic book series and short film by Dennis Liu. The series, executively produced by Michael B. Jordan who also has a recurring role in the film as the protagonist’s deceased father, follows single mother Nicole Reese, played
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When the trailers for \”Harriet\” first emerged, the consensus was that we have seen enough slave movies. Specifically, the exploitation of Black tragedy for profit has gotten boring. Which is a relatable narrative As a Black person. We continue to be forced to face our mortality head-on. On the news and in the entertainment that
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Close your eyes and you could have been in any number of jazz venues in the DMV. Open your eys and you were in the middle of one of the most serene places in DC listening to some of the finest jazz anywhere….and it was all free! Meadows, an accomplished \”jazz composer, pianist, music director,
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Chuck Brown Memorial Park, on 20th and Franklin Streets N.E., was packed Saturday for the 5th Annual Chuck Brown Day. It was hot. It was humid. It rained. But everybody stayed to the end and nobody was disappointed as go-go made its case to become the official music of the District of Columbia. Mayor Muriel
