“Let It Be Glorious”: Sunday Night Worship With Chance and Bey at the Grammys
When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home.
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Racial Justice and Queer Masculinity: The Gospel of Frank Ocean
Gospel themes are being increasingly used as a mode of resistance.
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Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”
We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April…
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Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church
I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that…
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“Let’s Get in Formation”: Beyoncé’s Spiritual Call for Black Resistance
I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in…
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The Bindi Isn’t Indie
Et tu, Beyoncé? #ReclaimtheBindi wants to challenge cultural appropriation of traditional symbols.
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Why All the Silly Devil Talk Should be Taken Seriously
Conspiracy theories ebb and flow in waves associated with how confident people feel about their social environments. When times are hard and unemployment rates are high, individuals get creative in where they look for explanations. It is no accident that talented, powerful, popular, and rich African American male rappers, along with female artists, are being targeted by these claims.
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