The Black History of Freestyle Music
the late great and house music pioneer, dj frankie knuckles, once said that house was disco’s revenge. and he wasn’t…
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WHEN HOUSE MUSIC WAS BLACK & GAY
happy pride, y’all! this weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first pride events throughout the country. june 28, 1970,…
I Changed My Mind About Community
Last year I broke up with the LGBTQ2 community–well the shallow gatekeepers that ravaged our collective understanding of what it…
The Songs I Loved: RuPaul’s “Supermodel (You Better Work)”
my mother worked for drug dealers. from monday – friday, regardless of how drunk or high she got the night…
The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House”
“welcome into my queendom, come one, come all…,” the opening line of the first verse of queen latifah’s 1990 hip-hop/house…
An Offering: During A Pandemic
This is an offering, my offering to you and in giving this offering to you, I enrich myself. I am…
The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”
my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to…
The Songs I Loved: Sarah McLachlan’s “Adia”
in 1998, my relationship with my younger brother nicholas was strained. we were so young (me 21 and he 18…
The Songs I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love”
It took so long Still I believed Somehow the one that I needed Would find me eventually 1990, as with…
The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”
my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic…
I Wanna Go Out Dancing: Celebrating Birthdays During A Pandemic
Growing up, I’ve always considered music to be a huge part of my life. I used to sometimes joke about…
Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful
10 years ago, on April 14, 2010, Ugly Betty’s final episode “Hello Goodbye” aired on ABC. “Ugly Betty” was a Mexican-American comedy-drama television series…