I figured I’d review Andrew Stewart’s review of Black Panther. I’ve already decided I’m against it because fuck Disney, but it’s interesting to see other opinions. I began studying Africa and the diaspora, including African American culture, in my undergraduate studies at RIC. My exposure and understanding of white supremacy, racism, and the profound historical…
Noel Ransome has a review of Black Panther on Vice. I haven’t seen it. I wasn’t familiar with the comic character. But I keep seeing these articles about how it’s an Important Thing For Black People. Wow, it even engages with decades of black liberatory theory! Okay, this is like the problem with Mr. Robot,…
Shadi Hamid is a Brookings Institute guy whose books (“Islamic Exceptionalism”) get praise blurbs from David Petraeus. He’s offended that people are offended. The mob was unusually vociferous, even for Twitter. After the California-born ice skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, the New York Times…
Note I Ching #7, Army. Expressing the sentiments in the second video has no direct relationship with being wimpy. Nor does the presence of male violence require the subjection of women. We’re debating about whether #MeToo goes too far when women with greater self-respect and ideological training are building a fucking Army. They’re prepared to…
I’m so happy to see this article vindicate me. OMG everyone who has ever given me shit for smoking weed can go fuck themselves! The headline isn’t even timid about it: “Is marijuana the world’s most effective treatment for autism?” The answer is yes, although there’s something to be said for psychedelics. It’s morning in…