Setting Intentions for 2020
The end of the decade is finally upon us! Numerologists and astrologers across the world predict that 2020 will bring special insight, clarity, and vision to our READ MORE→
Posts by Marwa Eltahir
QUEEN AND SLIM: Wearing Rose Colored Glasses To View Black Trauma
The highly anticipated Queen & Slim, directed by Melina Matsoukas and adapted by Lena Waithe from James Frey, premiered in theaters on Thanksgiving to a READ MORE→
Decolonizing Thanksgiving: How to be Allies to Native American Communities
A popular idiom reminds us that history is written by the victors. This lesson reigns true in the foundational story of Thanksgiving. Those of us READ MORE→
Thanksgiving Around the World
While Thanksgiving has been a staple of American holiday culture, this tradition of gratitude is celebrated among various cultures across the world. Large delicacy meals, READ MORE→
T.I. and the Cult of Virginity
Last Tuesday rapper T.I. disclosed that he annually accompanies his 19-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to her gynecologist for hymen checks on the podcast Ladies Like READ MORE→
The New Wave of Black Female Musical Storytelling: Tiwa Savage, FKA Twigs, and Princess Nokia
The inevitable end of hot girl summer is upon us. While many loyal Stallions mourn the closing of summer, new projects by prominent Black female READ MORE→
Xenophobia in South Africa: A Colonial History and its Consequences
Looted stores, widespread boycotts, and torched cars – the xenophobic epidemic in South Africa has reached new heights this week. According to the New York READ MORE→
What is consensual non-monogamy and is it accessible for Black communities today?
Soulmate. Other Half. The One. For as long as I can remember I’ve been socialized to believe that monogamy was the only way to find READ MORE→
Not My Love Letter: Beyonce’s ‘The Lion King’ Album and Representations of Africa
Bodies collided in anticipation as Burna Boy’s new tracks played on repeat in the bustling walls of a downtown African club in Lower Manhattan. The READ MORE→
World Pride 50: Exploring My Masculinity as a Femme Woman
Walking down 5th Avenue this month I am met with bright, colorful rainbows beaming from each store front, from Michael Kors to H&M. Hanging signs READ MORE→
[OPINION] Sudan’s Revolution is Your Revolution
Often when we talk about violence perpetrated outside of the United States, specifically in Africa, we feel paralyzed by the extent of terror we face. READ MORE→
Islam Helped Me Explore My Queer Identity
The start of June commemorated the end of Ramadan and celebration of Eid Al-Iftar for Muslims, and the beginning of Pride month for the queer READ MORE→