Until a couple of weeks ago i was living in blissful ignorance that a show like "flavor or love" even existed. I managed to sit through like 3 episodes and it really kinda bent me up inside. I was mad, astonished, sad, embarrassed and a whole bunch or other things all at once. I wont go into the details of the show but its on VH1 watch it if you dare but i will use no more of this blog space describing the misogynistic coonery that passes for entertainment.
Needless to say i was a bit worried about the future and the current state of how black people (in particular) are imagined in the public mythology. Then i saw 2 things that made my heart open back up. the first was an extra on the DVD for Spike Lee's "Inside man" the extra is called "4" and basically it's Spike and Denzel talking to each other about film. It was like watching 2 old men talking over a game of chess.
The second thing I saw was on the "media that matters" website(http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/). There are several great entries but the one that made me jump around the room was one called "a girl like me" by Kiri Davis...this is the link to her short http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/index.php?id=2
it felt good to see people that young take an interest in what’s going on around them and actively create alternatives.
make the world you want to live in.
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