Considering the United States’ racist history, it is quite shocking how much American audiences enjoy media that serves as a metaphor for racism. There are countless examples of media that have this as its central theme. This includes huge franchises such as “X-Men” and less popular media like the Netflix film “Bright.” Metaphors for racism …
Actress Talks Growing Up In Poverty and the Journey To Triumph In Her Latest Memoir With over 100 awards and an Oscar win, legendary actress Viola Davis has proven a force to be reckoned with in the Hollywood entertainment industry. From her groundbreaking role as the dynamic, mysteriously sexy lawyer Annalise Keating in the legal …
All works of art pictured in this article are available for viewing in the exhibition. On Sunday, April 10 of this year, Washington’s National Gallery of Art opened the touring Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition to the viewing public. The six-part showing, which originally opened in 2018 as Histórias Afro-Atlânticas at Brazil’s Museu de Arte de São …
Megan Thee Stallion Shares Details of 2020 Shooting and Her Mental Health Battles in Latest Interview On July 12, 2020, news of Megan Thee Stallion’s reported shooting following an alleged altercation with Canadian rapper Daystar Peterson, popularly known as Tory Lanez, filled earlier morning news and replayed across many social media platforms. While news of this …
“Abbot Elementary” Producer Quinta Brunson is Just Getting Started On April 12, 2022 the hit mockumentary sitcom “Abbot Elementary,” following determined teachers passionate about their students’ success, aired the final episode of its first season one. Although the show might be disappearing from our Tuesday nights for a while, fans’ love of the series and …
Artist Shares Their Queer Identity Journey on The Red Table Talk Electrifying multi-hyphenate singer, songwriter and actress Janelle Monáe has come out as nonbinary. On the internet’s newest obsession “The Red Table Talk,” an online talk show hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Andrienne Norris, Monáe opened up about her gender identity being …
Chlöe Bailey from the singing sister duo Chlöe x Halle has returned with another hit single, “Treat Me,” released April 8 2022. With lyrics like “Exceptional/ You know anything less is unacceptable” and “Confessional, I’m skeptical/’Cause being on my level is difficult/ You better wake up and put me on a pedestal,” Bailey is showing the …
I arrived at about 4:05 p.m., already a few minutes late, at the corner of Maryland Avenue SW, peeking around each corner to find a sufficient parking spot. Frustrated, I drove around in circles, rather squares, to find a parking space that didn’t have one of those famous confusing parking signs that allow for 2-hour …
Ariana Debose is showing the world just what a young Black Queer woman is capable of with her historic Oscar nomination and win. The second woman to win an Oscar for the same role, Debose took home the award for best supporting actress for her role as Anita in Stephen Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Sunday, …
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After taking a couple of shots of D’ Usse to take the edge off, we walked a couple of blocks up from where I parked my car near Union Market. It was a slightly breezy Monday night, and as we approached, my friend CJ whispered, “I don’t know about my outfit, the colors kind of …
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