Gen Z Hip Hop, Rod Wave, and Black Masculinity
Early this year, rapper Rod Wave’s album, Soul Fly, entered the music scene with a sharp analysis of contemporary Black manhood.
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Gender
Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)
In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,
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Black Women’s Contributions to Hip-Hop Beyond the Mic
When Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) adorned his 1995 debut album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version,
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Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones
In today’s post, Emerald Rutledge, an associate editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Briona Simone Jones on her new edited collection, Mouths of
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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century
The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for
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