WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
Efe Osagie
Senior MiC Editor
Off the Record
Recently, Jordan Peele, director of the hit movies “Get Out” and “Us,” got a lot of attention for saying that he plans on continuing his pattern of casting Black people for his leads.
Every community has its lost of taboo topics. Some in the black community include mental health (sadly) and therapy. But one that is not often realized is country music. It’s ok if someone doesn’t like the stereotypical things like rap music or Kool-aid.
This article contains spoilers for the movie “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga.”
Breaking away from mainstream Hollywood portrayals of counter-terrorism and Muslim immigrant communities, Informer succeeds precisely because it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not.
Freddie Mercury is one of my biggest idols. And no, in case you are wondering this isn’t a "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Queen" bandwagon fan piece. I feel like we all know a person who as soon as they saw the movie decided to obnoxiously play “Don’t Stop Me Now” at every party they went to.
I, politically compromised, took
two cents from the homeless.
Tuned out trigger warnings
and walked through the unfamiliar
unarmed. There was Michigan’s blue
(inspired by Danez Smith’s “alternate names for black boys”)
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not cho chang
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not mulan, not jasmine
I’ve always wondered if a woman’s Blackness will be remembered, or if our importance, impact and beauty will fade. Sometimes, I feel I allow my mind to dabble in what-if’s and what society thinks rather than focusing on the beauty of my Blackness, and the strength of my Black body.