How “Star Trek Beyond” Forgot About Black Men
MoniqueParamount Pictures Star Trek Beyond is a good movie. Some might even say it's a great movie. It's certainly a…
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 2: Did Michelle Visage Go Overboard?
Logo The question of the day is this: Did Michelle Visage need to flay Adore Delano like that during the…
The VMAs: We came from Beyoncé, but stayed for Drake and Rihanna
MTV/YouTube Screengrab If I can be honest, I didn't understand much of the MTV VMAs. I've never seen most of…
Now that Nate Parker’s apologized, will you see “The Birth of a Nation”?
Image.net/Getty Images I've belabored the idea of writing this post because, honestly, I've been trying to figure out for myself…
What Disney’s Lack of a Black Disney Prince Reveals about America’s View of Black Masculinity
We've got Aladdin. We've got Kokoum. We've got Shang. We've got Kuzco. We've got Naveen. We've got Maui, who is technically…
#DifferenceMakers: Janel Martinez’s “Ain’t I Latina” Reps for Afro-Latinas Left Out of the Conversation
There is not enough focus on the people who live at the intersections of cultures and ethnicities. The Afro-Latina identity…
Zendaya’s Mary Jane Watson could be the biracial heroine you’ve been looking for
K.C. UNDERCOVER - Disney Channel's "K.C. Undercover" stars Zendaya as K.C. Cooper. (Disney Channel/Craig Sjodin) It's official: Zendaya is playing…
My Journey with AncestryDNA, Part 1: Why I’m Taking the Test
AncestryDNA/screengrab "Are you Indian?" "Are you French?" "Are you Filipina?" "Are you from the islands? You're from the islands, right?"…
Three Signs of Hollywood’s Slow Lurch Forward to LGBT inclusiveness
Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) in Columbia Pictures' GHOSTBUSTERS. Gay characters, gay women characters in particular, have had a tough time on…
Olympic-sized “Rogue One,” “Luke Cage,” “Hidden Figures” trailers promise awesomeness
The Olympics is like the Super Bowl in that lots of big properties reveal their big trailers. Three such trailers…
