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PageTurners: You Know What They Say About History…
… It has a way of repeating itself, or that’s how the saying goes. Within that repetition comes new ways in which historians and the general public alike find themselves trying to change the course of history while attempting to record for posterity the profound impact events have had on the country. One of the…
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Tucker Carlson Attacks Obama's COVID-19 PSA; #CreepyTucker Trends on Twitter
Fox News, aka Republican BangBus host Tucker Carlson continues to swim near the bottom of the Republican cesspool among the discarded cowboy boots and Trump votes to call Black America’s most beloved president “a creepy old guy.” Carlson attacked former President Barack Obama and other celebrities for trying to get people motivated to get the…
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Watch Don Lemon Go Full ‘We Didn’t Land on Plymouth Rock’ After CNN Welcomes Rick Santorum Back
I’m not sure if it was the countless killings of unarmed Black men, women and children by police or the coronavirus restrictions, but something changed in Don Lemon. The CNN host has gone from a passive, middle-of-the-road, “We’ve got to see both sides” kind of a guy to a baby Malcolm X, and I joked…
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Cast of I May Destroy You Breaks New Ground as Best Ensemble at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards
One of the few major awards ceremonies that doesn’t take itself too seriously, the Film Independent Spirit Awards happened on Thursday night, and we have some Black-ass winners to celebrate. HBO’s acclaimed series (which has mostly been neglected this awards season, save for GLAAD and NAACP, to the frustration of many fans, including me), I…
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PageTurners: How Trauma and Love Converge at a Literary Point
How does trauma affect the way we live our day-to-day lives? Is inherited or intergenerational trauma more significant than a trauma—or traumas—experienced firsthand? There are perspectives and arguments to consider for each side: Dealing with inherited trauma is multilayered, convening in a complex web of emotions. Being exposed to or experiencing an immense trauma can…
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PageTurners: Black Magic, in This World and Others
Magic. What is it exactly? Some will debate wholeheartedly that the confines of magic exist in fantasy novels and movies and television shows—you know, fictionally. I’m not going to lie; I agree with this, but I think it’s deeper. I think magic can exist within a very real world and still have all the impact,…
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Regé-Jean Page Will Not Appear in Bridgerton Season 2 and This Burns—No, Not in the Romantic Declaration Way
BREAKING (HEART) NEWS! Tossed-panties-in-a-panny-recipient Regé-Jean Page will not be appearing in Season 2 of the popular Netflix series Bridgerton, Variety reports. “Dear Readers, while all eyes turn to Lord Anthony Bridgerton’s quest to find a Viscountess, we bid adieu to Regé-Jean Page, who so triumphantly played the Duke of Hastings,” the message, posted on social…
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PageTurners: The Lyrical, the Literal and the Literary Worlds of Black Performance
Performance occurs in a myriad of ways, from spoken and written poetry to taking the stage, to playing a game of spades. In fictional universes, particularly in fantastical worlds, a character’s performance can range from their abilities to their descriptions. This week, the intricate tapestry of Black performance is explored through many different lenses in…
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Voices of Harlem: Jermaine Dupri Joins Rémy Martin and the Harlem Writers Guild on a Poetry-Inspired Collaboration
The relationship between poetry and music is intrinsic. While all music isn’t lyrical and poetry isn’t musical, it’s difficult to imagine one without the other—and impossible to imagine Harlem without either. The New York City neighborhood that was home to an iconic “Renaissance” still reverberates throughout our culture today as a mecca for Black ingenuity,…