On People Magazine’s Sudden Interest in Black People for their “Sexiest Man Alive” Cover
Photo: People Magazine The now 35-year-old tradition of People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” cover has Michael B. Jordan as their most recent iteration. His cover makes three years in a row that a Black man has graced the cover of the renowned...
My Request to Hollywood, Start Casting Disabled Actors In Disabled Roles
Photo: Sia/Merrick Morton/Hanway Films In an age where the popularly boasted slogan “Anyone can do anything!” is plastered across our television screens, social media accounts, and implemented into school systems, there should come a point in time where we recognize...
‘Boyz n the Hood’: A Timeless Classic Starring Ice Cube & Cuba Gooding Jr.
Photo: ‘Boyz n the Hood’/Columbia Pictures Boyz n the Hood came out three decades ago, but it’s just as relevant today as it was back then. The film is a sobering account of life in low-income neighborhoods, full of gang violence and police brutality. Its...
The Divine Future of These Strands, What The History of Black Hair Reveals About Its Destiny
Photo: ‘Hair Love’/Penguin Random House Black hair is divine. Twisted in our strands is an ancestral blessing to be beautiful. Locked in our locks are a heritage of tradition, cultural richness, and the secret arts of our crown. Our dreadlocks, Bantu...
