teyonah parris
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Best Black Female Performances of 2021
On screens big and small, these ladies put their impressive talents on full display
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Exclusive: Candyman Cometh, but First Let’s Unpack How This Film Reclaims Black Trauma
Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is much more than your prototypical horror movie.
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PSA: Y'all, This is Probably the Best Time Ever To Be a Blerd
Growing up, it always felt like the things I was deeply interested in and the things that had that good-good representation were always on two separate planes. Now, I wasn’t up here being one of those Black people who love to say they weren’t like other Black people. I’m pretty sure I happily consumed like…
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A Great Black TV Show Is Suffering From Survivor’s Remorse
For the first time in several years, there are black-centered sitcoms that don’t make me want to cry out to Negro Jesus in agony. Up until very recently, all we had were the Tyler Perry-helmed shows, which worked for certain sects within our community, but like the reality-TV shows I actively consume on VH1 and Bravo,…