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Oct 14, 2022

The Super-Reality of Blackness

The fantastical execution of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” has revitalized the meshing of Blackness through the dreamlike sequence and “super-reality” known elusively as Afro-surrealism. This school of art and literature has begun to dominate mainstream cinema and paved the way for mystical representations of the African diaspora. In…

Oct 14, 2022

The New Girlboss: The Unhinged Woman

Recently, I read the book “Nightb*tch” by Rachel Yoder. “Nightb*tch” follows an unnamed mother who believes she’s turning into a dog. This transformation is the result of the pressure she feels from motherhood and her completely unsupportive husband. So, the obvious conclusion one would have is that she’s insane. The mother has cracked under pressure…