Rest in POWER to a multi-gifted God of SOUL. One of the Neo-Soul forefathers, one of the original genius sex symbols, and a master of sensual, transcendental music. Just like everyone else, I remember growing from a mesmerized fangirl seeing…

I finally saw 'Sinners' yesterday, and it hit way too close to home. My family is full of church and blues musicians, all rooted in the legacy of sharecroppers from Crenshaw, Mississippi. My great-grandmother—the daughter of sharecroppers—was murdered in Clarksdale…

As a woman in a brown body...the infliction of racism and sexism has sat with me my entire life. Anti-blackness is the root of so much of our unnecessary suffering. On top of the expected human suffering that all human…