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Features, Media, Review, TV ShowsMichaela Coel Explores Trauma, White Colonialism and Identity in Netflix drama ‘Black Earth Rising’
What is family? Does a shared DNA make a collection of people kin to one another? And if our past…
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Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsCharity Starts at Home: Gillette Commercial Addresses Male Toxicity
Gillette came for its own base demographics’ neck with a blockbuster ad. Y’all. This jawn was tough! Like tough to…
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Features, LiteratureBNP Books 2019: What We’re Reading
It is that time again: Books 2019! The time of reading lists for the new year. Now we’re not going…
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Features, Literature#LibraryFinds: Alex Verus is out of Surprises in Book #9, ‘Marked’
The Urban Fantastic I enjoy urban fantasy as a subgenre. Urban fantasy gives me something tangible to hold on to.…
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Editorials, FeaturesMy Aquaman was White, My Brother’s Isn’t
My Aquaman was white. I never really cared for Aquaman. It’s not that the character was a joke or anything.…
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FeaturesNetflix 2018 Superlatives
Are you still watching? Yes TF I am, Netflix. The BNP staff spends a lot of time watching TV, in…
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Features, Literature“Black Enough”: A New Anthology of Stories of Being Black and Young in America: Our Review
Out this month, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, edited by Ibi Zoboi contains more than…
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Comedy, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsNew York Gets Simpsonized! The Simpson’s 30th Anniversary
Simpsonize Me Cap’n As of 2018, The Simpsons sits on three decades of finesse. Atop mountains of iconic “Doh’s!” and…
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Editorials, Features, LiteratureWhy Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone Is A New ‘Sword and Soul’ Tale
You aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, but as I gawped at the umber-and-ebonied hued illustrations of…
