black representation matters
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Candace Owens Is Big Mad at Netflix and Uber Eats for Having Black Categories, Calls it 'Segregation'
Candace “If Miss Millie Were Black” Owens stays trying it, doesn’t she? This housing complex negro (because sometimes a simple “house negro” isn’t enough to describe it) is so hellbent on getting “I don’t see color” white people to pat her white supremacist lapdog-ass on the head that she’s bringing in 2021 by resurrecting old…
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We Did It! 2018 Was a Record-Breaking Year for Diversity on Magazine Covers
It’s official: After months of watching magazine covers steadily get more colorful, with December’s round of issues, 2018 has ended up as a record-breaking year for diversity, particularly in the fashion industry. Industry site Fashionista has been keeping track of diversity and inclusion for the past five years now, and on Monday reported that of…
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Rolling Solo: Thandie Newton Made a Stylish Statement About Representation at Cannes
Fun fact: Thandie Newton collects Star Wars action figures. Well, only the black ones. How do we know? Because she incorporated them into the Vivienne Westwood gown she wore to Tuesday night’s European premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opens May 25 in the U.S. That’s right: Newton, who plays explosives expert Val…
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‘The Body Is Not an Apology’: Sonya Renee Taylor Is Leading a Revolution of Radical Self-Love
With six words, Sonya Renee Taylor accidentally started a movement. When a friend with cerebral palsy confessed that her disability made it difficult to be sexual—so much so that she didn’t even feel entitled to ask a casual partner to use protection—Taylor quickly responded, “Your body is not an apology, and it’s not something you…
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British Teens Remix Harry Potter, Other Films to Make Brilliant Point About Black Representation in Media
Originally, the posters were just a private effort among a group of teens who were tired of seeing black faces shut out of British media. But their designs—movie posters of popular films and TV shows remixed to show primarily black casts—became a major moment in London this week when their posters were displayed prominently in…
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Don’t Play With Our Emotions: Black Panther and Queer Representation
It’s been a while since I was so excited for a movie that I saw it twice in its opening week. While waiting to prepurchase tickets for Black Panther, I developed an unhealthy obsession with Fandango, and my wallet wept when the Funko POP! figures were released. I was excited to go to Wakanda, y’all,…
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#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe Trends Across the US
T-minus 10 days until Black Panther hits movie theaters, and the buzz is still more than going strong. Presale tickets have gone through the roof, first reviews have been insane and have me giddy with anticipation, and the movie is currently certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a clean 100 percent rating from critics. Black…
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Black Writers Telling Black Stories and Doing Black Journalism Are Important
It cannot be said enough: Representation matters. It matters in our schools. It matters in our workplaces. It matters in the television shows and movies we watch as well as in the music we listen to. And it definitely matters in the media. Journalists are considered primary sources as far as history is concerned, and…