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Feb 14, 2022

source material — Issue #10

Dominique Morisseau: A Catalyst Last night I got to go see Dominique Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew” on Broadway. The play stars Phylicia Rashad, but truly, the entire ensemble acted their fucking asses off. …

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source material — Issue #10
source material — Issue #10

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Nov 22, 2021

[LOVESICK SUNDAY] — 11/21/21

Balance, #ButchQueenBookClub & B-Boy Blues Listen while reading: The Dress — Dijon It’s Sunday, I’m on maybe my favorite train ride — the Acela back to New York from Boston — and this week was a lot of things. For one, it was my one year anniversary at the company…

Science Fiction

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[LOVESICK SUNDAY] — 11/21/21
[LOVESICK SUNDAY] — 11/21/21
Science Fiction

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Aug 30, 2021

Nia DaCosta’s Candyman: The Good Outweighs the Bad

For this little piece of real-estate I’ve carved out on the internet, I’ve been intentional about only highlighting things I like because it forces me to seek out things that bring me joy. That said, I’m writing tonight in response to a review that’s exhaustive in its critique of Nia…

Candyman

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Nia DaCosta’s Candyman: The Good Outweighs the Bad
Nia DaCosta’s Candyman: The Good Outweighs the Bad
Candyman

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Jul 15, 2021

Loki, He Who Remains, and the Responsibility of Thinking Beyond Yourself

First of all this entire post is one massive f*cking spoiler so please stop reading if you care about the season finale of Loki and have not watched it. There are also semi-spoilers/speculation about Ant-Man toward the end. The last important caveat being that I’m a pretty passive Marvel fan…

Marvel

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Loki, He Who Remains, and the Responsibility of Thinking Beyond Yourself
Loki, He Who Remains, and the Responsibility of Thinking Beyond Yourself
Marvel

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May 31, 2021

For Real This Time…

First Things First Having spent 10+ years on Twitter, 15+ years on Facebook (and MySpace, and Black Planet, and Dallas Peeps, and Xanga, and…), and after frequently and ruthlessly curating my online experience — I realized that despite my best efforts, the quality of my time online was getting worse…

Personal

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For Real This Time…
For Real This Time…
Personal

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May 10, 2021

T E M P E R

or The Trouble With Saying Goodbye — Mama used to make this dessert when we were kids, lemon bars for the first day of summer vacation. They were like the perfect hit of sweet and tart, the kind that clenched your jaw, and I used to love eating them ice cold. On days when it was really…

Heartbreak

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Heartbreak

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·Mar 26, 2021

Lil Nas X’s Liberation Agenda Rides Again

‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ is the perfect reintroduction — I watched the “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” video no less than five consecutive times when it dropped at midnight last Friday, March 26. When I randomly couldn’t sleep at 6 a.m. later that morning (symptoms of surviving a pandemic), I rolled over and watched it some more. I…

Lil Nas X

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Lil Nas X’s Liberation Agenda Rides Again
Lil Nas X’s Liberation Agenda Rides Again
Lil Nas X

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Feb 6, 2019

Taking More From the Mockingbird

Aaron Sorkin takes a harder look at the American classic When I found out Aaron Sorkin, one of my favorite writers and master of messy, complex and impassioned dialogue, was taking a pass at To Kill A Mockingbird, I set google alerts for ticket announcements immediately. Maybe a year later, I purchased two tickets to what would be my first…

Harper Lee

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Taking More From the Mockingbird
Taking More From the Mockingbird
Harper Lee

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Jun 17, 2018

The Audacity of the Sun to Shine at Funerals

Grief is a still, small voice that gently reminds you of its sender in the loud and quiet times, but particularly when you’ve found some period of less discomfort while your world is crashing. My dad is dead. We sat around a long, high table in the beautiful, but too…

Death

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The Audacity of the Sun to Shine at Funerals
The Audacity of the Sun to Shine at Funerals
Death

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Jan 25, 2018

Further From the Sky

Asen lay on the couch with his head resting on it’s arm, looking out of the window. He and Cal had planned their schedules to avoid seeing each other today, but when Asen got home from the gym earlier his door jammed and wouldn’t close fully. …

Fiction

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Further From the Sky
Further From the Sky
Fiction

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