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… Continue reading “I Wanna Go Out Dancing: Celebrating Birthdays During A Pandemic”…
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… Continue reading “Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful”…
How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles About two week ago, I did the very rare thing of going live on Instagram. I asked my comrade and… Continue reading “How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles”…
This Playlist is Helping Me Survive a Plague…Again many of the important moments and even many of the not-so-important moments often times play out in my memory through… Continue reading “This Playlist is Helping Me Survive a Plague…Again”…
HIV and COVID-19: White Supremacy Is The True Parallel “Any disease that is treated as a mystery and acutely enough feared will be felt to be morally, if not… Continue reading “HIV and COVID-19: White Supremacy Is The True Parallel”…
Madonna’s “Vogue” Is A Whole Three Decades Old, Y’all! in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular and consistent pop artist on the planet. at the time, she had… Continue reading “Madonna’s “Vogue” Is A Whole Three Decades Old, Y’all!”…
When Stigma Goes Viral, We Lose. When Community Support Thrives, We F*ckin’ Win As history has shown as, stigma and misinformation always spreads faster. From phrases about COVID-19 such as “Chinese virus” and… Continue reading “When Stigma Goes Viral, We Lose. When Community Support Thrives, We F*ckin’ Win”…
Quick History of how AIDS Ended AYDS, The Diet Supplement last week social media was abuzz with the “reports” that corona, the beer that i drink when i have too… Continue reading “Quick History of how AIDS Ended AYDS, The Diet Supplement”…
1990: Celebrating One of the Best Movie Songs of All Time: Kid ‘n Play’s “Funhouse.” today marks the 30th anniversary of theatrical release of “house party,” one of the seminal black movies of the 1990’s.… Continue reading “1990: Celebrating One of the Best Movie Songs of All Time: Kid ‘n Play’s “Funhouse.””…
That Time When The White House Press Room Erupted In Laughter About The Then Growing AIDS Epidemic a few days ago, i logged into this very account and saw that a mutual posted a meme that read,… Continue reading “That Time When The White House Press Room Erupted In Laughter About The Then Growing AIDS Epidemic”…
Remembering Madonna’s 1990 Rock The Vote PSA there is a lot of history between 1990 and 2020. a lot. when the rock the vote campaign kicked off… Continue reading “Remembering Madonna’s 1990 Rock The Vote PSA”…
30 Years Ago, I Discovered Who I Was and Who I Would Become Through Music i love anniversaries. they provide a moment of celebration and reflection. and as person who loves history, especially that of… Continue reading “30 Years Ago, I Discovered Who I Was and Who I Would Become Through Music”…