A younger and much loved cousin contacted me recently, worried about the rising prices of Afropunk festival tickets for this year’s Brooklyn edition, which will be hosted this weekend. She reached out to me as I had told her of my plans to attend the festival with a friend. Besides her more general concerns that … Continue reading Pleasure and Pain: using spaces for amusement

Hello folks, Just a quick update from me with some interesting pieces on the current refugee crisis in Calais and how this is being used in the UK debate on whether or not the UK should remain within the EU. Somewhat unsurprisingly, this situation is being used as a reason for us to leave the … Continue reading Calais Crisis & the UK

Earlier this month singer Janelle Monáe issued a serious clapback to a Twitter follower who suggested she was too sexually attractive in her new song and its accompanying video Yoga: In Monáe's words: Nicely put Janelle. This response is in keeping with what has been part of Monáe's entire philosophy since entering the music industry … Continue reading Still Eating the Other…

The internet is currently buzzing with debate over British actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s referral of his black colleagues as “coloured” when speaking to Tavis Smiley on PBS. The comment has been met with a combination of indignation and defensiveness, with the Guardian’s Joseph Harker summarising that in making the outmoded remark, Cumberbatch highlighted his own point: … Continue reading A response to Joseph Harker on Benedict Cumberbatch

Hello out there! I know it's been a while, but life has been all kinds of crazy/busy lately. To get you up to speed on what I've been up to, this past weekend, the ladies over at Radio Redmond Amsterdam hosted an event to promote "radical body love" and invited me along to host a … Continue reading Deconstructing the Media: Body Image & Systems of Oppression