Dear Harry, Hey. How are you? You’ve had a busy week–past few months, actually. With your new movie and single (and hopefully album pretty soon) I’m sure you haven’t had much time to rest. I just wanted to let you know that I see you and the fruits of your labor are not going to…
Category: Pop Culture
Bey Singlehandedly Saved 2017
Beyoncé remains the Queen (Bee) of Surprises. This year on February 1st, the beginning of Black History month, the Beyhive got a surprise on Beyoncé’s Instagram with the words: “We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing…
Everybody Still Wants Solange
On Thursday, January 26 at 9PM, the Yale Law School Levinson Auditorium hosted the sold out event “Everybody Still Wants to Fly: Activism in Pop from Prince to Solange,” part of a four day conference celebrating the legacies of Prince and David Bowie. Though the event was sold out because it featured Solange Knowles as…
The Overuse of the Interlude is Here
by Ashia Ajani On November 4th, Alicia Keys released her new album Here, which combines narrative and song to create a somewhat new sound that hearkens back to old school Alicia Keys with the early 2000s cornrows when she knew the limitations of her vocal range. Since this has been the year of Black women…
In Moonlight Black Boys Find Love
by Nicole Chavez On Thursday night, November 2, the Queer People of Color Coalition, along with the Yale Film Society, hosted a screening of the widely acclaimed new film Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins and partially based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, Moonlight tells the story of a young,…