Hello everyone! I have noticed when reading some of my fellow colleagues' posts that many have mentioned their senior capstone projects and how they wish to proceed in their research. So I thought, hey, why not do the same. It would be fun and interesting to try to articulate my thoughts on my project. My … Continue reading Night of the Living Dead: A Response to A Black Mass
Finale Part 2: Revenge of the Review
Dear Reader, It is time to say goodbye. My class is coming to a close and I will no longer be writing on this blog. I hope that you’ve had a wonderful time with me on this journey. I have chronicled all of my research for my capstone project. For those who don’t remember, my … Continue reading Finale Part 2: Revenge of the Review
Final Reflections
Hello readers, this is my last entry here for this class as it is finally time to do my reflection posts on this class. It has been a long and hard semester, but we have all finally made it and now get to enjoy a month off. First, I want to reflect upon my presentation … Continue reading Final Reflections
X-Men and Blaxpoitation
So for today's blog, is about Blaxpoitation, what it is and how elements of it can be found in Marvel's X-men, primarily through the character Storm. Popular during the late-sixties/mid-seventies, Blaxpoitation films were a means to reject the preaching of nonviolence. They were meant as a way in which African-Americans took on the title role … Continue reading X-Men and Blaxpoitation
Understanding Nina Simone
Hello readers, sorry that I have missed a week, but I had to pick my battles, and with the semester coming to an end. I decided that doing a double posting session this weekend would be better for me, since this past week was very busy for me. With that said, this post is going … Continue reading Understanding Nina Simone
Citing Black Women
Hello, everyone! Gosh, it has been such a long time since I've last posted and, for that alone, you have my sincere apology. As to quote a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, "You can't rush these [creative] things. So for today's blog, I will be talking to you about the Cite Black Women project. To … Continue reading Citing Black Women
Westwind
Hello everyone, I hope your research projects and presentations are all coming along nicely. I have deeply enjoyed these blogs because I like to dig into Nina Simone’s music a lot, which I think has been super valuable to forming an argument for her work. Finding the less popular songs of hers that are equally … Continue reading Westwind
Simone’s “Images”
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”
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
Blackbird
This week I am writing about the 1966 song titled “Blackbird” by Nina Simone. An interesting fact about the album that this song was released on is that it was released without her knowing because it was released by Colpix Records after she had already left and was making records with Phillips Records. This song … Continue reading Blackbird
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