This Afrofuturist writer has been flexing her reviewing skills on YouTube, y'all. Since I shared the introduction to my new YouTube channel, I have released two episodes discussing captivating TV shows while doing my natural hair! My first 'Twist Out'…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOxHzYaAk5g&t=23s It's the beginning of a new era -- I'm starting a YouTube channel! There are many creative endeavors that I've been polishing and my YouTube channel is finally ready to share. I'm transitioning my film and TV reviews to…
Watching a 2 hour and 40-minute nonstop musical would have sounded like my nightmare. Yet, it is exactly this style of storytelling, and the choice of music, that makes Hamilton such an enjoyable and endearing experience. Over the Fourth of…
Since I've been at home self-quarantining, I've had the chance to dive into a few great Netflix shows. One series that I avidly binge-watched in just a day was the first African script-to-screen Netflix Original series called Queen Sono. It is…
If you haven’t seen HBO’s Watchmen yet then I would say you’re actually in luck because you get to binge-watch the whole season now! As an avid viewer, it was so interesting seeing the reactions to Damon Lindelof’s spectacular show.…
On the fourth day of the South LA Wellness Tour, I saw a new exhibit at the California African American Museum (CAAM) called The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles 1900 - 1914. I'm telling you after I saw this exhibit…
The artful documentary, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, is for any emerging writer or person of color wanting to know what living fearlessly looks like. It starts with a spectacular collage of textures, paper, and photos of the legendary…
'Okay' is being generous. My initial thoughts of the Game of Thrones finale was “did they really just kill Dany in the first act?” and “what about Jon Snow?” Those were my biggest questions as the episode shuffled to its…
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a cultural pillar in my city and it’s going through some major changes. I recently went to the museum after a long, unintended, wait. I knew parts of the museum were under…