“My freedom doesn’t end where your fears begin.” “Fake crisis, Dr. Fauci is wrong!” “The cure is deadlier than COVID, no virus cancels the constitution!” Less than one month into the nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, protests began. The economy at a standstill and unemployment rates at Depression-era highs, people marched… Continue reading “Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
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“It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A
“Lorrie, look…..isn’t that Eddie Murphy walking right in over there?” It was a warm yet misty November night: I was surrounded by 30-odd fellow members of the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and we were sitting at assorted tables and marble countertops, sipping on cocktails and nibbling petit fours after the private Netflix-hosted screening of… Continue reading “It has Never Been More Important Than Now To Promote Awareness About… Worthy Content”: The Gil Robertson/AAFCA Q&A
“What Do You Want, A Cookie?”: Hustling Backwards With Lowered Expectations
Last fall, the week before Thanksgiving, I was at home preparing for a flight when Nia called: she had been practicing after school for choir and both of us were under the impression that her older brother Darius was picking her up. Nia said she was still waiting and for some reason, Darius wasn’t reachable… Continue reading “What Do You Want, A Cookie?”: Hustling Backwards With Lowered Expectations
Award Noms & Adoration For Natural “Hair Love”
A couple of months ago, I was washing my hands in the sink at work and my co-worker Rhonda walked in. It was a Monday and we were discussing what we did with our weekends and the latest on her teenage son, who was now working his first job. I shared that we all did… Continue reading Award Noms & Adoration For Natural “Hair Love”
Bums, Scrubs and Red Lobster, Oh My!
Several years ago—-okay, more like a decade and some change—I went out on a dinner date with a guy I’ll call ‘Reggie.’ Back when I was single, the gentlemen who asked me out were given a couple of chances at the most to demonstrate whether or not there was compatibility between us, or if he… Continue reading Bums, Scrubs and Red Lobster, Oh My!