Hailed as the “Queen of Adire,” Okundaye is the most famous proponent of this Nigerian textile tradition, credited for making it known—and celebrated—by the outside world. But despite its creeping popularity in the West, its future remains uncertain. Read more
Tannie Schunck is very different than the lean, white, pony-tailed visage typically smiling and sweating on your Instagram feed boasting, “strong is the new skinny!” Read more
The criticism ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has received for its promotion of the model minority myth and moments of anti-blackness are completely valid, but we also need to be realistic about the role pop culture plays in pushing a truly progressive agenda and the timeline in which that agenda unfolds.
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How the recent Netflix film ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ called all my internalized ideas of race and romance into question. Read more
How do we depict the sexual realities of adolescence without harming children? Read more
We experience not only the in-betweenness of gender, but also the instability of ‘home.’ Read more
How do you quantify the impact of a poem not yet written or a song not yet performed? Read more
What we’re hearing isn’t Africa, but Hollywood’s imagination of it. Read more
Michael E. Northrup’s ‘Dream Away’ turns consent into an illusion. Read more
Cognitive disability is typically decorative in the horror genre. ‘Hereditary’ is one of the first horror films to complicate that narrative. Read more
