I am struggling to imagine how much more can be added to the discourse of black butchery in modern America. I know the answer. I am overwhelmed. I want the world to be quieter than the one we know, but I also want to be safe, and that means listening to all the ways in which the planet yells for my death the loudest. The pain of black consciousness in these information-immersive times is that of a pupil dilated ad […]
There is no way to sugarcoat the stifling rankness — specifically to listeners of color — that was the year in music. Without turning this list into the millionth diatribe on “Accidental Racist,” Miley twerking, “Blurred Lines,” Lily Allen, Kanye, misogyny, etc., let it be said that 2013 served as an overwhelming reminder that, if you are a woman of color, you are so far down the Minority Totem Pole in terms of importance to producers of music you may […]