Lee Daniels' The Butler is the culmination of what blacks in Hollywood, from its Golden Age unto its present, expected our contested involvement in the movies could, should and would be. And it is the reason why not only African-American people, but all people, will pay for the movies. It has been nearly two decades since I saw … Continue reading Well-Served
Category: Cultural Criticism
Let’s Pretend: Rest in Peace Trayvon Benjamin Martin
**Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was the son of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. He was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School. He lived with his mother and older brother in Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, 2012, the late Trayvon Martin returned from the store to … Continue reading Let’s Pretend: Rest in Peace Trayvon Benjamin Martin
Patriarchy Gone Awry: The White Exploitation in The SnowTown Murders
On the one hand, The Snowtown Murders is an unquestionably brilliant depiction of a provincial environment of chain smoke and gray pallor that I recognize very well--whereby the simple offerings of eggs, bacon, toast, sausages and coffee can cement the beginning of a kinship stronger than many blood relatives... But on the other hand, the absolutely unnecessary (and true crime) atrocities against human beings that The Snowtown Murders depicts is satisfactorily unfamiliar to anything I have ever known in my life.
Obama for America!
Obama!!!!! Here is to Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama leading our country into a new era of significance & meaning. Obama again! Have negression waiting in your inbox: Subscribe Today. Twitter | Pinterest | Kalisha.com
Thoughts on ‘The Help,’ starting with I love Viola and Octavia and Tavis, so I get it
We need to start separating the singular accomplishments of Black artists from the "Black" conversation as a whole in order to truly determine the merits of the work.
I love mad Black women even if no one else does…
In the elite class of First Ladies in which she resides and with nearly 50 predecessors before her, Mrs. Obama ranks among Abigail Adams, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy in terms of recognition, studiousness, diligent work and an identity of her own entirely separate from her world-leading husband.
Where Oh Where Have Our Attention Spans Gone…Oh Where Oh Where Can They Be?
As I compose my first blog of 2012, I know it could very well be my only blog or at least one of just a few. I am nervous and frightened at the future of my lifelong passion and chosen profession: writing. Forasmuch as I could be tapping out my latest novel at this moment (as opposed … Continue reading Where Oh Where Have Our Attention Spans Gone…Oh Where Oh Where Can They Be?
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