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Recent shows are teaching audiences more Black History than some of us received in our entire academic lives. God forbid you truly understand "you are not your ancestors". EYE started

Occasionally falling out of love with your craft is par for the course when you become disillusioned by the commodification of your Art.Hold on tightly to the work that inspires

Regarding giving Octavia her laurels in life, she died lonely, prematurely, having struggled financially most of her career:"Myisha Priest’s 2008 essay 'Salvation Is the Issue' documents the early and unnatural

I know this is 1 of the most effective ways to be an active ally during these protests, but my god-What does it feel like to know simply putting your

Finally watched The Invisible Man(2020). Fun. Feel some kinda way about a Black single father+daughter taking in a troubled white woman unwittingly making them collateral damage in her trail of

Writing a restaurant scene & thinking about my fav dinner/eating/restaurant scenes in movies. What'syour most memorable, poignant food scene & why? How is the act of eating a veneer for

Pray for me. My back is broken from trying to carry these dull conversations with men...who pursue me with nothing to say. Talking stage is about to last for months.

Was discussing non ADOS as ADOS representation in cinema with a brilliant friend and she said something along the lines of:"I just wish they would stop framing legitimate Black American