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I’ve got hope on the brain. Precisely, I’ve got “Hope,” last week’s episode of ABC sitcom Black-ish, on the brain. You know, the one...
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I’ve got hope on the brain. Precisely, I’ve got “Hope,” last week’s episode of ABC sitcom Black-ish, on the brain. You know, the one...
Hello friends! First, I want to extend a big MEA CULPA for being so late with my RANT – I had a singing gig...
A few years ago, in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, my nerd-pop culture mind...
The Academy Awards are not simply about recognizing excellence in filmmaking. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mission is to promote the...
Written by Sharon Knolle Oscars 2016 is, of course the much-discussed, much-debated year of #OscarsStillSoWhite, since no people of color were recognized in the...
As 2015 draws to a close, we’ve continued to see the dialogue around identity and the fractious reality of living out our differences together...
I didn’t know how much I needed The Wiz Live! in my life when it premiered December 3. I just though it looked kinda...
There was a very interesting moment on Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago. Sure, it already was a very special episode; comedian Tracy...
You guys: Ta-Nehisi Coates is going to write Black Panther. TA-NEHISI COATES – Pulitzer Prize-winning author at The Atlantic, America’s premier writer on race and...
One of the downsides about being a pop culture geek is that, over time, you see and read and listen to so much that...
Today, I want to talk a bit about pop culture irony. Not irony in pop culture, which we’ve long had enough of. But ironic...
Square up with your partner, knees bent. Now, step the left foot back. Plant that right foot. Kick the left foot forward, then step...
On the day this column is published, we will be living our first day on the planet Earth after Jon Stewart finished his 16-year...
As I come up on a year since my father died of cancer last August, I have been reflecting on what this past year...
I’ve spent four years writing about life as a black nerd and analyzing pop culture through that lens, and now the moment of truth...
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In comedy, sometimes you can get a lot about a character...
The Last Man on Earth currently is one of my favorite shows on TV. Ice-T likes it too, as he said on his podcast,...
By Erin Maxwell Back in 1968, Warner Bros. took 11 of their cartoons off the air. The infamous “Censored Eleven” were pulled from syndication,...
Recently, I took a break from my genre reading and started reading a book I should have read years ago: Black Like Me. I...
Y’all know me at this point. Big fan of diversity in pretty much anything. And these days, I’m all about TV. Here’s a sample:...
The all-white 2015 Oscars has thrust into debate the lack of racial diversity in film and TV. While I expect that Hollywood will to...
First things first, with regard to the giant elephant in the room: Everybody doubtlessly has something to say about the whole twenty all-white actor...
Money, power, glory, sex, sin, family, secrets, intrigue, melodrama and music. Mix them together, with a dash of messy black realness, and Empire has...
NOTE: On November 12, 2014, Paper magazine released a photo of professional celebrity Kim Kardashian, stripping out of a dress with her bare, famously...