All posts tagged "Music"
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Confessions of an Anglo Mariachi Musician
When my partner’s father, Saul, first played for me a recording of ranchera singer Miguel Aceves Mejía, I instantly fell in love with his voice....
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Confessions of a Black Morrissey Fan
By Joshua Alston This week, Morrissey announced that he is canceling the remainder of his North American tour, due to an ongoing battle with a bleeding...
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Fear of the Sonic [Un]Known: Sonica Trauma and Black Masculinity in the Popular Imagination
By Regina Bradley Black masculinity is frequently framed within the context of visual culture. In other words, discourses about black masculinity often consider questions of:...
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On Beyoncé, Benedict, and the Volition of Women
By Lisa O’Neill At a school mass at my all girls’ Catholic High School, the priest said a homily about chastity, and in particular, sex...
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In Mourning
By Isaiah M. Wooden This…for Hadiya Pendleton. I used...
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Black Survival in the Uchromatic Dark
By Tavia Nyong’o With all the rock dinosaurs that thundered the Madison Square Garden dome during Wednesday’s 12-12-12 benefit concert, a viewer might have missed...
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Spinning on Blackness: Wading through the Contradictions of Frank’s Ocean
By Nicholas Brady Those African persons in “Middle Passage” were literally suspended in the “oceanic”… these captive persons, without names that their captors would recognize,...
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“Coming Out” To Cash?: Frank Ocean and Social Progression
By David J. Malebranche Last week, social media was set ablaze when Frank Ocean publicly released a letter describing a love experience he had during...
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On Race, Trauma, and "Strange Fruit"
Recently, I taught Billie Holiday’s signature song, “Strange Fruit,” in my Critical Trauma Studies course in a harrowing session on lynching. My graduate students had...