In the season six finale of Scandal, Olivia Pope’s mother Maya Lewis (played by Khandi Alexander) is sitting in a jail cell being detained because she was accused of conspiring to kill the president-elect. Assuring Olivia’s father (played by Joe Morton) that she came...
Mo’Nique has stirred the pot in Hollywood–again. The Academy Award-winning comedian and actress took a break from her routine posting of workout videos on Instagram to ask for a boycott against the popular streaming service Netflix. View this post on Instagram A post...
Being Mary Jane is saying goodbye. To be honest, I saw this coming a mile away but I didn’t want to acknowledge it until the final word came in. People may disagree that the show could have been saved if Mary Jane didn’t move to New York but in my opinion once she did...
Cranes in the Sky is a written series I created based off the song by singer Solange Knowles. Each entry is a crane. Each crane is written through the lens of a black woman living in America. Colorism. I feel like I’ve spoken about this topic so much that I roll...
Hidden Figures Film Review When I purchased my ticket to see “Hidden Figures” I had to make sure it didn’t have another film title on it. In the sixties, America was segregated and in 2017 even though I don’t have to drink out of a colored water fountain,...
St. John’s graduate student Tiarah Poyau, 22, died during J’Ouvert a Pre-Labor Day Parade festival held in Brooklyn, New York. Did she get hit by a car? Did she die from an illness that she didn’t know she had? Did a mosquito bite her giving her the Zika virus...
For women of color to continue the conversations that we have in the nail salon, beauty parlor, church, and during our lunch breaks at work. This is a place where you can kick off your shoes and get comfortable.