Dancer Diaries: Mayte Natalio’s Queens Flavor Goes Worldwide
From a head-nod to a basic two-step to complex moves executed by greats like Janet Jackson, Alvin Ailey, Misty Copeland, and more—without the art of READ MORE→
Posts by Starrene Rhett Rocque
You Got Jokes: #BlackTwitter and the Truths Said in Jest
#BlackTwitter is notorious for setting the creative tone of modern popular culture—especially when it comes to comedy. Take the possibility of WWIII, for example. In READ MORE→
Life and Spirit: Batoto Yetu Celebrates Warrior Queen Nzinga
Júlio T. Leitão’s Batoto Yetu goes beyond dance. It’s a not-for-profit organization that’s about empowerment, self-determination, and telling untold stories. Leitão, a refugee who came READ MORE→
Black & Outside the Box: Six Black Creatives in TV and Film You Should Know
The digital era has made it a lot easier for Black creatives to gain visibility in the TV/film world. It’s still not an easy business READ MORE→
A Hero Never Truly Dies: The Many Lives of Blade
It’s safe to say that Blade is one of the most popular comic book characters ever. IGN ranked him the 63rd greatest comic book character READ MORE→
Thunder and Lightning: A Family Affair
The CW TV show Black Lightning, executive produced by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, has shed new light on an underrated DC Comics character. READ MORE→
BlerdTek: Static Shock
What’s the difference between Black Lightning and Static Shock? That’s a question many people ask themselves (or others). Although both characters are part of the READ MORE→
HBCU Innovators: Getaway Society
Carrington Carter and Calvin Butts Jr. followed the usual path of most college graduates—they both got good corporate jobs in pharmaceutical marketing, but after meeting READ MORE→
Black Lightning: Underrated Hero
Black Lightning TV show fans tune in to the CW to watch their favorite superhero family in action every week. On the Mara Brock Akil READ MORE→
American Son Review
Netflix’s American Son is heavy and complicated—just like racism, which is the overarching theme of the film.The movie, which stars Kerry Washington, Eugene Lee, Steven READ MORE→
Black Gamers You Need To Know
There’s a common idea that playing video games all day in your mom’s basement means that you’ll never amount to anything in life. At one READ MORE→
5 Educational Apps for Ages 2-8
Now that school is in effect, it’s time to help the kiddos with homework and enriching certain skills that can help them with various subjects. READ MORE→
DJ Envy: HBCU Ambassador
DJ Envy touts his Hampton University Pirate Pride whenever he gets the chance. You can spot the HU banner behind him as he hosts The READ MORE→
Let There Be Eve 20 Years On
My cousin and I were typical teenagers around this time 20 years ago. We were music-obsessed and jumped at every chance we got to purchase READ MORE→
Black Mutants Rock: Angel Salvadore
Comic book fans got a taste of Angel Salvadore in 2011’s X-Men: First Class. The mutant human-fly was played by Zoe Kravitz, but the nuances READ MORE→
Earn Your Leisure: Making Financial Literacy Palatable
Financial advisor Rahad Bilal and educator Troy Millings are childhood friends who have joined forces, earlier this year, and launched Earn Your Leisure, a podcast READ MORE→
Idie Okonkwo: MCU’s Last Hope for Mutants
Idie Okonkwo (aka Oya) is one of the Marvel Comics Universe’s last hopes for mutants. She is known as the Third Light, who is one READ MORE→
Thanos the Mad Titan
Thanos is also known as “the Mad Titan,” because he is quite insane. The character has terrified the hearts and minds of Marvel Comics readers READ MORE→