I’ve had fiction writer’s block for way too long, but reading this helped… I think.
I read this and realized I hadn’t listened to any Tribe Called Quest in way too long so I loaded a playlist while I took a bath and it’s my new form of self care.
Thisis a great piece about why some black women have a fondness for fur and you should read it…
John Singleton and his muse Janet Jackson filming Poetic Justice in California during the L.A Riots in April of 1992. Despite her privilege Poetic Justice amplified Janet’s interest in learning more about herself and what it meant to be an African American woman in America. This was the genesis of her tracing her roots and grounding herself in more political songs (“New Agenda feat Chuck D”)
John Singleton spoke on where Janet Jackson came up with the concept for her now iconic braids in an interview with Essence recently:
