No new album from Frank Ocean
Darius Dupins/Entertainment Director It is July 271st and there’s still no new Frank Ocean album. Well after a promised July 2015 release date Ocean has…
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How popular culture appropriates and mutates gay lingo
Shade. This is a word I hear more often than terms like, “thank you,” or “please” and it has become more than just a nuance. I wish I could go a day without someone claiming they’re about to “throw shade” without understanding or knowing its origins.
Remember the black LGBTQA community, too
In all the talk of the fearlessness of Harriet Tubman, the boldness of Rosa Parks, the inspiration that was Martin Luther King Jr. and the groundbreaking achievement of Barack Obama, the lives of black LGBT are often left out of the scope of black history. Bayard Rustin, the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., Angela Davis, Emil Wilbekin, Janet Mock are amongst the many others who deserve just as much recognition as the black trailblazers that don’t identify as LGBT.
R&B triple threat opens up on single, ‘Odd Future’
Rising talent and Toronto native, Jahkoy drops new single, “Odd Future.” This is the Canucks most down-tempo track and the most R&B he’s sound. WondaGurl,…
Student Thoughts: Trade Valentine’s Day for a night alone
Darius Dupins/Staff writer I tried to come up with reasons as to why it’s not so bad to be single on Valentine’s Day. On…
Student Thoughts: Black queer characters no longer superficial pons
Denise, a character played by writer, director and actor, Lena Waithe, on Netflix’s critically acclaimed show, Master’s of None, and Titus Andromedon, played by musical theater star, Tituss Burgess, in Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are just about as refreshing as an empty canteen in a hot, dry desert.
Rihanna releases ‘Work’ on the heels of her world tour
“Work, work, work, work, work,” Rihanna woozingly croons over an understated synth backing track on her new single, ‘Work’. It seems as the star’s long awaited new album, Anti is well on its way, Or is it?
Student Thoughts: Tyler Perry Films – Reckless Stereotyping
With such an influential voice in Hollywood and pop-culture, Perry has curated an image of what black is by bringing back minstrel-like caricatures and demonizing gay, black men.
Jaden Smith More Than a Fashion Icon
With Will Smith’s son being the face of Vuitton’s latest womenswear collection, it has caused lesser individuals to question Smith’s masculinity.