Debra Lee Releases Memoir and Reveals #MeToo Experience
Former BET CEO Debra Lee released her memoir, “I Am Debra Lee,” this week and everyone is talking about the long-term affair she had with...
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Perdita Patrice
- Nov 17, 2022
Book Review: “The Sex Lives of African Women”
About halfway through Jenelle Monae’s song “Screwed,” she begins to chant, “See, if everything is sex, except sex, which is power, you...
Perdita Patrice
- Oct 27, 2022
Book Review: Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo
Money is never far from my mind—I’m a Capricorn, after all. When I didn’t have it, I was constantly worrying about how to get it. Now...
M. A. S. Frimpong
- Oct 14, 2022
Book Review: Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
In Netflix’s remake of the classic Australian show, “Heartbreak High,” the characters Darren (a non-binary character) and Cash...
Perdita Patrice
- Aug 23, 2022
“Nope” is a Black Western and a Family Movie
I returned to the movie theater for the first time in three years—the last thing I clearly remember seeing is “Aquaman”—to see Jordan...
Madison Jamar
- Aug 18, 2022
Rediscovering the Value of Telling Slave Stories Through Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Underground Railroad’
Before watching “The Underground Railroad,” now streaming on Amazon Prime, I first saw the show’s companion piece, “An Act of Seeing:...
Perdita Patrice
- Jul 29, 2022
“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” is About the Search for Pleasure and Much More
You hardly ever see truly sexy movies anymore. Today’s studios focus on blockbusters with three hour run times and comic book characters...
Lee Escobedo
- Jul 27, 2022
“We Own This City” Returns to Baltimore to Tackle Police Brutality
“We Own This City,” written and created by David Simon, now streaming on HBO Max, represents an evolution of public sentiment toward law...
Jessiree Jenkins
- Apr 27, 2021
There’s Something About Missy
I want to highlight one of my favorite musicians: Missy Elliot. She is a rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, visionary, and role model....
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 19, 2021
Love in One Act
(Enrico Perini) Imagine meeting someone and knowing they’d be imprinted on your soul forever—every encounter you’d have with them would...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 12, 2021
All’s fair in Love & Basketball, right?
(Warner Bros.) If you ask any Black person between the ages of 25 and 50 one of their favorite Black love stories portrayed in film is,...
Perdita Patrice
- Jan 12, 2021
“Bad Hair,” the Film | All It’s Weaved Up to Be?
Been bingeing a lot of television series and movies during the pandemic but seem to always be behind the curve on what everyone else is...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 16, 2020
What “Harriet” Taught Us | Affirmations for Black Girls
Black women are inherently inspirational. There is a reason the world revisits our life stories for motivation. So many of us inspire...
Perdita Patrice
- Feb 8, 2018
Five Books Every Young Black Feminist Should Read in 2018
Now that we’re well into 2018 and most of us have forgotten our resolutions or are recommitting (kudos, overachievers!), one resolution...
Perdita Patrice
- Nov 2, 2017
(Re)Review | “Eve’s Bayou” 20 Years Later
It’s been 20 years since writer and actress Kasi Lemons made her directorial debut with the 1997 film “Eve’s Bayou.” Notable icons in...
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