I wrote about competitors to watch on the women’s wrestling scene and Chyna’s untimely death for SBS Zela.
I’m at The Big Smoke writing about the women of American Crime Story: The People VS. OJ Simpson.
Speaking of, pop culture is portraying some of the ’90s most reviled women in a more sympathetic light. [Fusion]
Confirmation largely forgets the contributions of black feminists. [Elle]
This season Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is railing against niceness. [The Atlantic]
Celebrating Prince’s unbridled sexiness upon his passing. [NYTimes]
What Prince meant to strippers. [The Cut]
On mourning problematic celebrities. [xoJane]
Why are black erotic thrillers considered guilty pleasures while white ones get Oscar noms? [MTV]
And why do we only see black actors in top roles when their skin colour is altered or faces obscured completely? [Vulture]
Our pop cultural obsession with “girls” in books and film. I also wrote about the phenomenon here. [Bitch Flicks]
What Beyonce’s LEMONADE and wrestling have in common. [Cageside Seats]
How LEMONADE is reclaiming the black woman’s place in rock music. [Rolling Stone]
Images via The Bleacher Report, Clique.
