Television10/24/18Oct 24 20187Television10/24/18TelevisionIt’s Complicated When It Comes To The Cancellation of Luke CageClarkisha Kent287I’m always in two camps when TV cancellations happen. Either I’m extremely bitter about it and ask God for the…
History10/2/18Oct 2 20185History10/2/18HistoryRevisiting Anita Hill: On Racism, Stereotypes and Respectability PoliticsClarkisha Kent23“The more things change. The more things stay the same.”
Apr 24 2018354/24/18It Be Your Own People: On Universal FanCon and the Perversion of CommunityClarkisha Kent82My mother, God bless her (she’s still around, but still), grew up in a certain village in rural Nigeria. And to…
Apr 17 201894/17/18The Nonapology Guide: Black-Woman EditionClarkisha Kent23Since Cheeto Grease the Tyrant fumblingly assumed office thanks to the Assorted Colonizer Coalition of America at…
It's Lit!3/11/18Mar 11 201813It's Lit!3/11/18It's Lit!Bloody MaeClarkisha Kent11“Tell me, Jonah: What good is a nurse that faints at the sight of blood?” Obadiah, a frontier-weary doctor, whined…
Feb 25 2018372/25/18On the Duality and Double Consciousness of Black PantherCarolyn Hinds and Clarkisha Kent113Through my multiple viewings of Black Panther (four so far), I become aware of certain traits of the characters,…
Jan 30 2018411/30/18On Black Panther, Black Leopard and the Politics of Being a Black SuperheroClarkisha Kent88In approximately three weeks, on Feb. 16, the biggest and blackest movie extravaganza that we have seen since the…
Jan 18 2018541/18/18The Black Woman’s Tale: Why Margaret Atwood’s Espousal of White Feminist Beliefs Shouldn’t Surprise YouClarkisha Kent2882018 is off to a pretty interesting start. At the conclusion of the painful year that was 2017, various women of…
Dec 29 20171012/29/17Top 10 Disappointing Moments Black People Experienced in 2017Clarkisha Kent26I don’t have to tell you how supremely tough 2017 was to deal with. Like, I’m sure we all could go on and on about…
Dec 27 20171112/27/17Top 10 Moments Black People Won in 2017Clarkisha Kent132017 has been, how do I put this succinctly, a fucking shit year.
Nov 30 20171911/30/17Girls and Gays: On the Tenuous Relationship Between Black Women and Queer Black FolkClarkisha Kent37This past weekend, I was winding down after a fairly long Thanksgiving weekend by engaging in one of my guilty…
Nov 22 2017911/22/176 Ways to Make Your Thanksgiving as Unproblematic as PossibleClarkisha Kent31Ah, Thanksgiving. Everyone’s favorite official-yet-unofficial holiday. Retailers don’t really know what to do with…
Nov 16 20172511/16/17Wakanda Forever: On the Importance of Black PantherClarkisha Kent64The time has finally come. After waiting 20-odd years (read: my entire life), we are finally on the eve of Black…
Oct 21 20174210/21/17Being Insecure in Harvey Weinstein’s World: On Mayim Bialik, Rape and Concern-TrollingClarkisha Kent136Over the past two weeks on the heels of the Harvey Weinstein travesty, I’ve noticed a trend. And I have a question…
Oct 17 20174410/17/17#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, Part 2: On Rose McGowan and the Continued Failure of White FeminismClarkisha Kent149For once ... I’d like to be wrong. For once, I’d like white feminists to not be so damn predictable.
Oct 5 20171810/5/17 Watch: On Chadwick Boseman, Marshall and Tokenism in HollywoodClarkisha Kent115On Oct. 13, Marshall, which stars the likes of Chadwick Boseman and Sterling K. Brown and is directed by Reginald…
Sep 11 2017279/11/17You Ain’t Got the Juice: Why Arrow Has No Business Addressing #BlackLivesMatterClarkisha Kent214In 2017 the TV landscape, despite the persistent whiteness of some networks like CBS, is looking a bit more ...…
Aug 31 2017438/31/17Alt-White: On How White People Use Language to Deny the Existence of White SupremacyClarkisha Kent207Somewhere in the good ol’ book, there’s a saying that goes, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Now, I’m about six…
Aug 28 2017538/28/17Taylor Swift and the Tale of Unstoppable White Privilege Meeting Immovable White PrivilegeClarkisha Kent313I’ll be honest. I thought it was going to be a boring-ass week—until Taylor Swift “surprise”-dropped her new single…
Jun 25 2017516/25/17Sofia Coppola’s Blatant Erasure of Black Women in The Beguiled Highlights How White Women Are Complicit in White SupremacyClarkisha Kent136It’s been quite a busy couple of months for white women. After 53 percent of them handed Donald Trump the election…