The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was the book I needed to read when I was a third year in college, watching police brutality videos alone in my dorm room, crying so hard it felt like my heart was broken. Thomas’ novel centers around Starr Carter, a high school student trying to navigate two worlds,…
Category: Reviews
Book Review: “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” by Issa Rae
I realized that I probably need to take some time to develop some critical distance from the pieces I read or watch, because my immediate reaction to most things is I really enjoyed it (unless it’s Catwoman. See Suicide Squad review.) So I read The Misadventures of Akward Black Girl and then took a break…
Why Suicide Squad Was Really Not That Bad
In the weeks leading up the release of Suicide Squad, I read a multitude of negative reviews that only confirmed the belief that I had been holding to for almost two years since the film was first announced. Suicide Squad was a mess–an even bigger mess than Halle Berry Catwoman. I don’t react strongly to a lot…
“Bad Feminist”: A Lesson in Discomfort
Reading Bad Feminist made me feel the same way I used to after leaving my Fictions of Black Identity class in college. I spent the first two classes speaking up, as I usually did in small seminars, and then stewing with this nauseating feeling of discomfort knotting in my stomach. The knot grew bigger and…
When Standing Still is the Best Way Forward: The John Lewis Story
This article was published on Blackgirlnerds.com. Please check it out there: http://blackgirlnerds.com/standing-still-best-way-forward-john-lewis-story/
Book Review: Lumberjanes
This review has been published at blackgirlnerds.com, please view it there by clicking here —> Joining the Lumberjanes Bandwagon
Book Review: Bombshells Vol. 1 by Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage
This post was submitted for publication on the website, Black Girl Nerds. Please check it out there: http://blackgirlnerds.com/dc-bombshells-hits-mark/
Book Review: “March” (book 2)
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. A million times yes. For anyone who has ever loved the Movement, John Lewis, Blackness, art, literature, or just a great story, this graphic novel is for you. 5 stars. If you missed my commentary on the first book in the series, get yourself caught up. You with me? Great….
Book Review: March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
As a lover of literature, art and Blackness, few things make me happier than Black art; specifically, graphic novels about Black history. It brings together all of my favorite things: intentional word, poignant images and the unadulterated truth of the Black experience in America. During one of my habitual adventures in my local Barnes and…
Book Review: Lois Lane Double Down by Gwenda Bond
Very rarely do I read a book, put it down and think to myself, “Wow. I’m really satisfied.” but Bond’s Double Down did that for me. Part of the satisfaction that I felt was that this was a portrait of one of the Superman mythos’ finest characters that was done justice. Clark (or should I say, SmallvilleGuy?)…
Book Review: “Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet’s Ace Reporter”
I’m obsessed with Lois Lane. …There’s really nothing else I can say to qualify that statement. I nearly cried when I didn’t get Gwenda Bond’s Lois Lane: Fallout the day it came out. I complained about Man of Steel for weeks after seeing the movie, not because of the ridiculous amount of destruction Superman caused nor the (HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC) murder…
Review: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I just admitted to my mother that one of my regrets from college was not taking more African-American/African literature courses. I’ve been acquainted with Ms. Morrison, briefly introduced to Mr. Baldwin and tried to get an audience with Mr. Wright and Mr. Ellison on my own. And while I’m glad I have at least read Native…
Quoth the Ravynn 