Contributors
Lauren Michele Jackson
All Work
- Culture Desk
Beyoncé’s Knowing Ethnic Splendor in “Black Is King”
The “visual album” does not attempt to provide cultural lessons but, rather, invitations to awesome delights.
August 3, 2020
- Culture Desk
What Can a Filmed Version of “Hamilton” Offer Us Now?
If the musical seems less palatable in our present moment, when American monuments are falling, it cannot be attributed to the show, nor to the nation, but only to individual changes of faith.
July 2, 2020
- Cultural Comment
The Messy Politics of Black Voices—and “Black Voice”—in American Animation
Cartoons have often been considered exempt from the country’s prejudices. In fact, they form a genre built on the marble and mud of racial signification.
June 30, 2020
- On Television
Dave Chappelle’s Rough-Cut Humorlessness in “8:46”
In a new special centered on the police killing of George Floyd, Chappelle is Unc, and the world is his barbershop.
June 18, 2020
- Rabbit Holes
Pretending to Be Famous in The Sims
The video game’s new expansion pack, which allows game characters to get famous on social media, seems to be making fun of someone.
February 13, 2019
- Culture Desk
Shudu Gram Is a White Man’s Digital Projection of Real-Life Black Womanhood
The model is the creation of a white fashion photographer who, inspired by the increasing number of black women working in his industry, created his own out of C.G.I.
May 4, 2018
