Hello again everyone, it is no surprise for me to say once again that I am writing about Nina Simone again. I am especially interested in her live performances, something that I addressed last week with her album from 1964, “In Concert”. I wrote last week about the two final songs from this album, “Go … Continue reading Simone’s “Images”
Suggestions For Final Project
Hey guys! I’d like to talk more about the final project for this post. I’m having some trouble with the game itself- not the mechanics necessarily but the overall idea and questions of it being playable-and am open to any suggestions or feedback on how to make it better or different from regular Clue. What … Continue reading Suggestions For Final Project
“This Is America” by Childish Gambino
Childish Gambino released his song, “This Is America” in 2018. While the song is catchy and provocative, it was really the music video that caught everyone’s attention. The video is set in an almost empty warehouse and features Childish Gambino wearing just a pair of gray pants without a shirt. The central message is about … Continue reading “This Is America” by Childish Gambino
Cite Black Women
The Cite Black Women campaign focuses on providing accurate citation of Black women's intellectual production. Their goal, summed up into three words, was to push the conversation of citation and those who are not accurately cited. Their resolutions for 2018 were, "1) Read Black Women's Work; 2) Integrate Black women into the CORE of your … Continue reading Cite Black Women
Soul Food: Edna Lewis
This past week one of the things that we learned about was the variations of "soul style", one of them being "soul food". Soul food was a particular form of African American folk expression. The chefs were known for using their attitude and mood at the time to define the way in which they would … Continue reading Soul Food: Edna Lewis
Just typing out loud
This week, and for every week, I have been thinking a lot about Black performance, specifically the way they perform fashion. For my project I am going to be discussing the evolution of fashion throughout the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and how the fashion reflected the movement itself. I want to show the … Continue reading Just typing out loud
Go Limp
Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a decent winter so far and are staying warm. I’m going to talk about another Nina Simone song again, since I have been doing so much research about her and there is a ton of information for me to sort through. Something that I have been doing … Continue reading Go Limp
Soul Talk and How White Media Destroyed its Authenticity
Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership on the photo above. This week my group had the topic of Soul Talk, and while I found it to be an interesting read, I was also bothered by some of the specific ads that were placed during this time. But I’m getting ahead of myself: Why was it … Continue reading Soul Talk and How White Media Destroyed its Authenticity
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
If a movie was made with a mostly black cast during the late '60s and early '70s, if often got labeled Blaxploitation. That is certainly what happened to The Spook Who Sat by the Door, a film about the first black man to join the CIA. Despite the aforementioned cast, low budget, and action genre attributed … Continue reading The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
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