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Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Unbothered
Black Criticism Is Always Good — Especially When Black Art Isn’t
Kathleen Newman-B...
13 May 2021
Unbothered
20 Years Later,
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Is A Messy & Ridiculous Timeless ...
Kathleen Newman-B...
10 May 2021
Unbothered
We Asked Black Mothers & Daughters For Their Best Advice
Kathleen Newman-B...
7 May 2021
Unbothered
It’s Time We Start Refusing To Meet The Oscars In The Middle
The 2021 Oscars, like Tyler Perry’s speech, almost had me. The broadcast started with a beaming Regina Thee King doing what she does best: being flawle
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High Impact
Black Women Love Weed Too, So Why Don’t We Get To Be Stoners Onsc...
Lighting up could be the answer to burning down the tropes that have sidelined Black women characters for decades. It's high time for new strains of stoner
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Unbothered
Judas And The Black Messiah
Was a Start — Now, It’...
There’s a scene in the critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film Judas And The Black Messiah that, even amidst all of its buzz and accolades, I don’t
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Why Issa Rae & Viola Davis’ Big Wins At The NAACP Image Awa...
It’s easy to root for everybody Black at the NAACP Image Awards, a show specifically created to honour the achievements of Black artists and entertainers
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Unbothered
When Black Women “Make History” At Awards Shows, There’s Always A...
The story coming out of the 63rd Grammy Awards is about women. It’s the narrative that makes the Recording Academy and their choices look positive. I hea
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Unbothered
During Oprah’s Interview, Meghan Markle Shared The Moment S...
There were gasps on gasps. Bombshell after bombshell. Enough explosive comments to keep the world rapt and Twitter ablaze for two straight hours. And
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Unbothered
The HFPA Did Us Dirty — Why The Golden Globes Diversity Statement...
There’s a gif of the late Chadwick Boseman from the 2019 Oscars I think about a lot. It’s from the moment Green Book wins Best Picture. As the mostly-w
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Culture
Two Generations, One Goal: A Conversation About Black Liberation
Activists Janaya Future Khan of the Black Lives Matter movement and Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter, come together to discuss activism in 2021 and
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Entertainment
Where’s All The Good Kissing On TV?
What’s Good? Kissing. On television and in movies. Between two people. On the mouth. With intensity, passion and consent. That’s it. That’s all I wan
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Movies
Here’s What Two Film Critics Hate About
Malcolm & Marie
This post contains spoilers for Malcolm & Marie, now streaming on Netflix. A few minutes into Netflix’s Malcolm & Marie, Marie, played by Z
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Unbothered
How The Racial Trauma Of 2020 F*cked With Our Bodies & What To Do...
The jolt of the pandemic changing our lives overnight and the constant onslaught of anti-Black racism is traumatic (especially since Black people have had
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Entertainment
One Night In Miami’s
Secret Ingredient Is Its Elec...
It only takes moments into Regina King’s directorial debut before you realise — like really start to understand — what the term “actor’s director
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Unbothered
The Kamala Harris
Vogue
Cover Has Issues
Kamala Harris’s position as the first Black woman Vice President-elect of the United States comes with an invisible tightrope. We’ve seen her wal
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Unbothered
Stacey Abrams Is Not A Magical Negro So Stop Asking Her To Save A...
There’s a fine line between giving Abrams her flowers and the credit she deserves without tasking her to save the whole damn country, and last night, tha
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Unbothered
5 Black Women Share What They’re Demanding From 2021
2020 took more than it gave, shook more than it soothed, and damaged more than it healed. But in the debris left behind in its hellscape, embers of hope fl
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Unbothered
A Double Hot Take On
Bridgerton
, Race & Romance
This post contains spoilers for Bridgerton Season 1 and is based on the Netflix series alone, not the books. Bridgerton’s elevator pitch goes like
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Unbothered
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Star Taylour Paige On That Chad...
Taylour Paige thought she blew her audition for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the new Netflix film, the 30-year-old actress plays Dussie Mae, the young lo
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
“We’re Collectively Traumatised:” Laverne Cox O...
'Promising Young Woman' is an emotional rollercoaster—so is this conversation with the Emmy-nominated actress and activist.
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Unbothered
Jingle Jangle
Is A Reminder That The Best Christmas Movi...
Welcome to “What’s Good,” where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world. We started this column over
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Unbothered
Are You A Tia Or A Tamera? The Surprisingly Subversive Big Questi...
Watching Sister, Sister in 2020 is the equivalent of logging off Twitter, putting your phone on Do No Disturb, and curling up under a heavy-ass weighted bl
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Unbothered
If You Aren’t Buying Black This Holiday Season, Gabrielle U...
Black-owned businesses are in trouble. In the midst of a racial injustice reckoning and a social media push to #BuyBlack this year, you may have thought ot
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Unbothered
The Grammys Fumbled Its R&B Categories, But Should We Even Care?
If there’s one thing Twitter is gonna do, it’s get mad over Grammy nominations. I am including myself in the royal “we” of the bird app because min
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Unbothered
Letitia Wright’s Latest Role Honours A Black Woman Of The Resista...
It’s at once eerie and infuriating that almost every protest scene in Steve McQueen’s Mangrove—the first film in his BBC anthology series, Small Axe?
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Unbothered
Naomi Osaka Is The Embodiment Of Black Excellence — On Court & Off
Naomi Osaka could settle for just being excellent. At 23, she’s already one of the greatest tennis players in the world. It would be easy for her to stay
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Unbothered
Michaela Coel’s Onscreen Catharsis Is Helping Black People ...
With the release — and soaring popularity — of I May Destroy You in June, Michaela Coel destroyed our expectations of a “quarantine watch.” While t
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Culture
White People, Are You Done “Listening & Learning” Yet?
Like open-concept workspaces and infinitely stocked snack bars, the latest trend in corporate culture is fixing racism through town halls and open dialogue
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Kathleen Newman-B...
What's Good
This Ava DuVernay-Approved Film Has Critics Salivating
Welcome to “What’s Good,” a weekly column where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world. What’s Goo
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