photo by Stephanie Mann I center myself in a room, often dark and unassuming. In this room I can vaguely see, but there is always a presence that surrounds me, so reassuring, so loving. And I lost in a dark room, with no clear vision, had to learn to feel. Because emotions … More The poetry of you
I have been playing with the idea of photos and filters heavy for almost a year now. I like the way filters set the mood of a photograph. Since a photograph is static, I like the ability to create more with a single image. I started off by using my selfies because no matter how … More Digital Photo Art
On what he deemed the 30th anniversary of hip hop, in 2004, Village Voice critic Greg Tate wrote that the music’s “ubiquity has created a common ground and a common vernacular for Black folk from 18 to 50 worldwide.” Its global reach, however, has made it a rich site for “corporate exploitation.” The complicated relationship […] … More 150 Songs from 100 Rappers Get Artfully Woven into One Great Mashup: Watch the “40 Years of Hip Hop” — Blütensthaub
Originally published at Fangs for the Fantasy A gent by the name of Malcolm X once said, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Many people often wonder […] … More Navigating Through Race: The Plight of Storytellers of Color — thenerdsofcolor
I was inspired by Ava at Bookishness and Tea to talk about inclusivity in literature. For me, where diversity brings us a cast of varied characters, inclusive titles bring us important representation without necessarily being diverse. For example, a book could feature an all Black cast. That’s not diverse, but it’s sure as shit inclusive. … More 30 Inclusive Books You Should Read Right Now — Scribbles in the Margin
How did Black culture become in fashion and forgotten at the same time? via When Black Culture Became the Entertainment Culture. — The Sammy Nelms Blog
Not only am I a romance junkie, I am a subscription box junkie, and I have discovered not one, but two literary subscription boxes aimed at black women (although not limited to black women) who love to read. And not just romance! Red.Blk.Grl. Launched just this month, Red Blk Grl is a monthly curated box […] … More Monday Musings: Black Women Read. And More Than Just Romance — Musings of A Romance Junkie
This week, Black Perspectives featured a story about the New York art feature “Open Casket” by Brooklyn artist Dana Schutz. The piece features a mirage of colors to portray a slain Emmett Till in an ‘open casket’ at his 1955 funeral. Till’s murder offset the volatile civil rights movement that would dominate the 1950s and … More Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket:” A Stolen Memorial? — Whispers of a Womanist
Booker T. and the M.G .’s is an instrumental R via “Booker T. and the M G ‘s – Green Onions (Original / HQ audio)” on YouTube — AMERICA ON COFFEE
I’m pissed that all the hardships I endured for loving pop culture was afforded to me simply because “black people don’t do that.” via Black Culture Vs. Pop Culture: Why We’re Suppressing The Next Black Renaissance — Black
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