Do you know the story of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican woman who worked alongside Florence Nightingale? Her contributions during the Crimean War a...
READ MORE
By: ZacOnBothSides By now, you know about it, have heard about it, have seen it or were watching it: Kanye West, upset again about a Grammy he felt sh...
READ MORE
Empire, the new music-drama from FOX, is a humongous hit. It follows hip-hop mogul Luscious Lyon (portrayed by Terrence Howard) as he prepares to take...
READ MORE
The TV show Scandal ushered in a wave of TV projects starring black women. One of the first was Sleepy Hollow, starring Nicole Beharie, which b...
READ MORE
It’s been great to see Kevin Costner regularly making films again. (We all love The Bodyguard, right? lol). Honestly, I had forgotten all about him ...
READ MORE
Despite the horrific sexual abuse claims leveled against Bill Cosby over the years, The Cosby Show remains one of America’s most revered family sitc...
READ MORE
Both Fawn Stone and Lakesha Yvette Walker were featured as singles on Interracial Marriage and Family, formerly Swirling and Marriage. I have not be...
READ MORE
The people who make careers of trashing black women in social media might not have counted on something: Critically thinking men of all races might in...
READ MORE
If you’ve been around for a while, you might know that I watch soap operas. Not just casually either–my DVR is set to Bold and the Beautif...
READ MORE
…And neither should you. Hollywood has a looooong history of white-washing biblical stories that originated on or around the continent of Africa...
READ MORE
I recently saw Beyond the Lights, drawn in by a female centered story as well as the actors playing the lead characters, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Noni Jean) a...
READ MORE
I recently heard news that an organization called Color of Change is holding Bravo’s feet to the fire for it’s negative depiction of black...
READ MORE