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‘Insecure’ Season 2 Episode 7 Recap: “Hella Disrespectful”
By Daren and Jenn This week’s episode of Insecure was full of tension and drama but light on laughs. Here’s what went down: What Happened? For Issa, things went from bad to worse. She tried to mend...
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“Hella Perspective”: ‘Insecure’ Season Finale Recap
By Daren and Jenn Sunday night’s season finale of Insecure took us through a range of emotions. It was probably the best-written episode of the series yet. But, we have a lot of unpacking to do....
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On Nnedi Okorafor and when Hollywood values our work but erases our names
As announcements about a new HBO series based on Nigerian American fantasy and sci-fi writer Nnedi Okorafor’s novel Who Fears Death have come out, I’ve noticed that the main thing missing from the...
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Shonda Rhimes is right: the 2017 Emmys were “embarrassing”
I’m so happy for so many of the winners from the 2017 Emmys which aired on Sunday evening. And I’m glad there were so many firsts, most of them people of color and women. But the fact that it took...
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A primer on how to actually support a Black TV show
The Fall TV season is upon us, and as new series and seasons roll off the assembly line, rallying cries to support Blacks on TV won’t be far behind. But we can’t effectively support Black work if we...
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It makes no damn sense that ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ isn’t part of CBS’s prime...
Pictured: Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY coming to CBS All Access. Photo Cr: James Dimmock é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved. I was so glad to...
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Hollywood’s issues with abuse don’t start or end with Harvey Weinstein
It’s been interesting to see the Hollywood elite line up to all denounce Harvey Weinstein, as if he bears all the blame for all of its ills. The truth is, Hollywood is notorious for individuals...
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We need to bring back ‘The Jeffersons’ for the culture
I grew up in East Oakland in a house filled with bourgie-adjacent adornments, mismatched utensils, and an air of respectability. Our two-bedroom cottage was a walk-up style house in a mixed...
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FOX’s ‘The Gifted’ has a whiteness problem
When news broke that FOX was going to bring an X-Men based show to our TV screens, I was hyped. Now I’m disappointed to see that The Gifted is actually a bastardized X-Men adaptation that trades on...
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5 Black-led movies you gotta see in December
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound / Credit: Steve Dietl/Netflix The winter holiday season is here. And during a season known best for spending time with family, there’s a stockpile of movies waiting to fill...
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12 series every millennial should bingewatch over the holidays
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle up on the couch and bingewatch entire seasons or series all at once. This is even more true since streaming networks are working harder to create diverse casts...
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12 songs you need for a lit holiday season
One of my favorite pastimes during the holiday season is gathering up new music. Putting up decorations is always a chore. Snow is beautiful but it’s also cold and oppressive (especially here in...
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It’s time to talk about the Black elitism and anti-Blackness portrayed on...
Photo courtesy: NBC I have written about NBC’s Emmy-winning hit show This is Us before. Once to critique the show for its (mis)handling of fatness and at another time to praise it for its depiction of...
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How Netflix’s ‘Bright 2’ can succeed where ‘Bright’ didn’t
**Spoilers will follow, fam** Judging from the largely negative reviews that have hit the internet since the release of Netflix’s first “blockbuster” film Bright, you’d think it was an embarrassing...
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Understanding the importance of Black Superheroes
You’d think Black superheroes would seem out of place in a country (and by proxy a world) living under a Trump regime. But instead, Black superheroes are experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Three...
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Reckoning with the anti-Black mathematics of mainstream awards shows
Year after year and award show after award show, Black folk stay shocked when their faves don’t win. I used to do the same thing. But after years of monitoring awards shows, I’ve cracked the simple...
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We are not Wakanda. We are Erik Killmonger.
When I was a kid, we always wore African print clothing during Black History Month at church. It was meant to be a bold expression of Blackness, of pride, of identity. And while I didn’t fully...
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The 2018 Oscars were the letdown we’ve come to expect
Embed from Getty Images I hate awards shows. This distaste has only grown in the years that I have been covering them here. These ceremonies centrally exist for the purposes of reinforcing elitism...
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Dear entertainment industry: “Inclusivity” isn’t giving us your leftovers
There’s a disturbing trend occurring in the film and TV industry that is centered on delusions of fostering “inclusivity”. Instead of supporting and granting access to minority storytellers, reboot...
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ABC’s ‘The Crossing’ is classic white-centric fantasy sci-fi
Every time there’s a new sci-fi show, I want to believe it’ll be the next great sci-fi show. The next Star Trek, X-Files, or Fringe. But all too often, we instead get Revolution, Resurrection,...
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