Search results for: race

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is criticized for showing Swift’s anti-Black bias. (Credits: Republic Records, Getty Images, Google) Taylor Swift has been facing the worst firestorm of criticism in her career thus far. Her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, has been torn apart, even by a lot of Swifties, because of…

Annie helped me think about how I view myself as a woman who never fit a size 2. (Photo credit: Warner Bros., my photographs) Sinners has changed the game for Hollywood in many ways, and one of the most talked-about is how it elevated plus-sized women to a place of desirability. I recently made a…

Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners. (Photo credit: Warner Bros.) Director: Ryan Coogler Written by: Ryan Coogler Starring: Miles Caton, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo, Saul Williams, Jack O’Connell, Yao, Li Jun Li Synopsis (WB): Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers…

With Love, Meghan. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in episode 108 of With Love, Meghan. Cr. Jake Rosenberg/Netflix © 2025 When With Love, Meghan first dropped on Netflix, I read a lot of outrage and pearl-clutching comments about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Why isn’t she filming the series in her real kitchen? She’s unrelatable! No one’s…

Tabitha Brown speaking at a Target-themed event during Essence Festival of Culture 2024. Target had a huge presence at the festival, including catering to Black social media influencers and collaborators. (Photo credit: Target) Note: I use “Black” as directed by the AP, which now classifies Black as a proper noun. But I am also quoting…

Michel’le, a comedian and advocate who focuses on Black history and the rights of sex workers. (Photo credit: Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash) A few weeks ago, I posted an affirmation post that is all about how your story deserves to be shared with others. I wrote, “Your story deserves to be told–not as a side note,…

Burgeoning authors who might be nervous to start National Novel Writing Month next year only need to look to The Davenports series author Krystal Marquis as inspiration. Marquis originally started The Davenports, which now includes the original novel and The Davenports: More Than This, as her project for the national writing month, also known as…

Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in Marvel Television’s AGATHA ALL ALONG, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. © 2024 MARVEL. Agatha All Along finally won me over in its final three episodes, and not a moment too soon. I watched Marvel‘s witchy show each Wednesday, hoping that I’ll become one of the diehard fans who…

Image via The Movie Database/Sony Pictures Entertainment