Three TV Moms That Inspire TF Out of Me
Chileeeee…when my daughter was born I went through a massive identity crisis. When women become pregnant, everyone and their momma will give you all sorts of unsolicited advice on how a woman should behave now that she is a mother. People said things like, “you can’t wear no crop tops now, you a mother” or […]
What Directing My First Short Film Taught Me About Black Stories
I’m a junior in college studying film production. This year, I accomplished something I’ve been wanting to do for years: produced a short film written and directed by me. The film was made as a thesis/final project for my Film Production minor. And now that I’ve wrapped production, I’ve learned so many things that only […]
(Wellbeing &) Pleasure Play by Play: Season 1 of Girlfriends
Ask any Black woman between her late twenties and early forties what their favorite sitcoms were growing up, and it’s almost a guarantee that they’ll mention Girlfriends. For many of us, Girlfriends became the holy grail of Black woman-sitcoms for several reasons. The first being representation – despite Black American TV flourishing in the late […]