The Mulatto’s Tragedy
Kathleen Collins’ use of the tragic mulatto trope subverts its racist origins and exposes the true tragedy of being other in America.
The Healer Woman
“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown.” – Luke 7:47
How Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ took Us Home
“She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see” – Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Magic Beyoncé and Melina Matsoukas form
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Underground’s dissection of the ‘Strong Black Woman’ in episode 3
In a response to racist-sexist attacks as old and disgusting and disgraceful as the man who uttered them, Congresswoman Maxine Waters confidently declared herself a strong black woman who could not be intimidated. It was a response that roused social media into a chorus of support and inspired the hashtag #BlackWomenatWork where Black Women exposed […]
Who Gets to Cry
Episode 2 of Underground explores the challenges of allyship and the luxury of grief
The Lion’s Tale
What does a fictional slave narrative look like without the role of the white savior? Underground’s second season is about to show us.
‘Atlanta’ is Absurd
Glover’s ‘Atlanta’ proves “there is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.”
Ain’t I A Mother: Motherhood as Freedom in ‘Underground’
I thought but for black women enslaved to have a child that you were responsible for that was really yours, that was really freedom. – Toni Morrison