Category: movies
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Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
I’ve been thinking about how radical it is that we have major mainstream pop culture that doesn’t center the male gaze.
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Thank You
“There’s no righteousness in your darkest moment.” — Sleater-Kinney, Sympathy Thank you, 2015, for pushing me to go beyond what’s comfortable. For giving Tiffany great work opportunities and a shake up to her routine (and mine). For London. For meaningful conversations with loved ones. For Dominique Toney on my tv. For Omaha. For 80 years…
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Unforgivable Blackness 2015 Edition: Ava DuVernay and Marshawn Lynch
“I don’t know if these industry mofos overlook us cause they might be afraid. They don’t know if we get the spot like that, you might not get your spotlight back for a couple decades.” – Black Milk, Losing Out (Let’s Talk) Rembert Browne’s entertaining “Rembert Explains” podcast’s latest episode featured Mychal Denzel Smith discussing the…
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These Three Words
“Got sucked into a culture, living like I do.” – SBTRKT, Living Like I Do (Feat. Sampha) There’s a moment in Best Man Holiday when Harper asks his friends what are the three words that define who they are. His reason for asking is a bit duplicitous but I thought it was an interesting question.…
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Revisiting My Old Friend, The Stephen King Novel
“If you can find me, come and get me out of here.” – Oingo Boingo, Private Life From the age of 12 till about 23, Stephen King was my favorite author. During that time, I read nearly every one of his novels and short stories and his plot driven approach to story telling still informs…
Jason Toney 