Kehlani, EmpowHer, and a Show That Didn’t Happen
The festival got postponed over a “safety & security matter.” She posted about Palestine. Being anti-genocide is not complicated. The cancellation still happened.
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Sinners Is a Vampire Movie Until It Isn’t
Coogler, 1930s Mississippi, Michael B. Jordan as twins, a juke joint, blues that gets in your chest. Messy in places. I still sat there after the credits.
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DreamCon Is Going to Houston
RDCWorld’s con. Black anime, gaming, cosplay, no code-switch. Megan Thee Stallion on the bill. Houston is the right city for this.
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RiverBeat in Memphis: Mud, Missy, and the River
Tom Lee Park, May 2–4. Rain on Friday. Busta, Luda, Missy in the armor. Anderson .Paak somewhere in the weekend. My shoes did not survive.
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Netflix’s Forever Hurt On Purpose
Mara Brock Akil took Judy Blume and put Black kids in suburban Atlanta in 2018. First love. The leaving was louder than the loving.
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DreamHack Dallas Was a Million Square Feet of Nerd
Kay Bailey Hutchison, BBQ in the halls, a proposal on stage, Vitality ran the table. I came for the noise. I stayed for the people hauling towers like church.
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Snow Tha Product on Cinco de Mayo in Phoenix
The Van Buren. Dale Gas Tour. English and Spanish at the same volume. Cómo La Flor with the lights up.
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