Through digital art, Aisha Mohamed creates rich portraits of black women placed among ethereal, starry backdrops that highlight the elegance of blackness. As part of her new I Am Not My Hair series, the South London-based artist is showcasing the beauty of baldness in black women, which sends out an empowering message about self-love in […]
I want to preface this review with the declaration that I always enjoy seeing Black women shine. But if I am being honest, which is something I always aspire to be, I am not a fan of the podcast turned HBO special 2 Dope Queens. The show is the creation of writers and funny-women Jessica Williams and […]
If you haven’t read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, here’s a rare opportunity to see the Award-winning novel brought to life at the Apollo: Angela Bassett, Common, and This is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson will lead the first-ever staged reading of Between the World and Me at Harlem’s Apollo theater on April […]
In Helen, there is an unusual combination of bizarreness and authenticity. On one hand, we’re thrown into multiple situations that are foreign, and perhaps a bit strange, to the outsider looking in. On the other, for those of us who have loved and lost, we feel a strong sense of undeniable familiarity as we reminisce […]
In his latest special Equanimity, Dave Chappelle takes on what feels like an arrogant tone to defend and explore the evolution of his relationship to fame, fortune, and Hollywood. He cites class struggles and divisions, the 2016 election and the resulting president, and transgender issues to assert what he feels is the biggest problem plaguing […]