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School can be a dangerous place for Black youth. If the teachers are primarily white, there’s a good chance they…
Jourdain Searles
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Jourdain Searles is a writer, comedian, and podcaster.
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Hulu’s Normal People begins with a pair of basic archetypes: A jock who secretly loves to read, and a smart girl…
Mar 27 2020
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In his book The Power of Now, spiritual author Eckhart Tolle identifies a concept he calls “the pain-body” in which…
Mar 27 2020
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“Guys, I love you, but you can’t help me anymore.”
Mar 20 2020
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“Now that I know I’m me, it’s like I have no idea who that is.”
Mar 13 2020
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I’ve compared Steven Universe Future to Sailor Moon, Dragonball, Twin Peaks: The Return, and perhaps most…
Mar 6 2020
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Perhaps it’s trite at this point to compare yet another piece of media to Twin Peaks: The Return, but there’s no…
Dec 28 2019
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When I first began recapping Steven Universe Future, I was a little uncomfortable. I’m used to reviewing television…
Dec 21 2019
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It’s hard to accept that Steven has grown up. The little chubby kid who was a beacon of light and love for everyone…
Dec 14 2019
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In the beginning, Steven Universe was silly and sweet; then life happened and things got a bit less silly, but the…
Dec 8 2019
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Aug 31 2019
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When Euphoria began airing on HBO, the comparisons to 13 Reasons Why were unavoidable. Here was another show that…
Jul 18 2019
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In its first season, Big Little Lies opens with a deception. As Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart” plays, we are…