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Note: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has made this year Black History Month’s theme Black Resistance, which analyzes how Black people have historically rallied against political and societal oppression. When Ida B. Wells documented a total of 241 lynchings in Southern Horrors and The Red Record in the 1890’s it subjected …
Kanye West has a Kanye West problem. I’m not interested in speculating as to whether his behavior is the result of a mental health issue or a PR stunt. What can be explored is what we’re seeing in real-time: Kanye antagonizing various communities, then playing the victim role when accountability takes center stage. No, Kanye …
In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson assigned the second week of February as Negro History Week and encouraged educators to dedicate that week to teaching their students Black history. In 1976, years after Woodson’s death, it became what is now recognized as Black History Month, which spans through the entire month of February. Black History …
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“I might have AIDS, and it scares the hell out of me…This isn’t supposed to happen to people like me,” Rose tells Blanche in the kitchen of their ranch-style Miami home. Rose was waiting to hear if she has HIV, which she possibly contracted from a blood transfusion she received during gall bladder surgery. She …
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Clothing retailers born in the Instagram era face a unique problem: how to create timely items while remaining profitable. Enter “fast fashion,” which aims to sell trendy items at low prices. But these items come with a significant cost to the environment, labor movements, and small businesses. Without singling out any brands, many fast fashion …
While the holidays are often seen as a time of gathering and togetherness, there are many for whom that is not the case. Whether due to strained or complex familial relationships, mental health reasons, or a combination of all or none of these things, some of us will be spending the holidays alone — and …
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“Women aren’t funny.” It’s a phrase that’s all too common if you’re chronically online. It’s also become a rallying cry for a generation who may have never seen Phyllis Diller on a Dean Martin Celebrity Roast or Jean Carroll’s slew of appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. Enter In On The Joke, a book in …
[cw: eating disorders; physical, emotional, and substance abuse] One of Hollywood’s worst-kept secrets is its widespread exploitation of child actors. The issue is so well known and publicized that laws were passed in an attempt to ensure that child actors don’t reach adulthood indigent due to their guardian’s money mismanagement or greed (Jackie Coogan, Gary …
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