Culture

Some elements are recurring features in the behavior and ways of speaking, dressing and walking of some Nigerian people. These weird and sometimes awkward cultural components of some ethnic groups…

When Hamas returned the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity, they dressed him in a plaid shirt with navy shoulders, a navy-and-white collar and navy cuffs. Some…

Queer Excellence in Culture I’ve joked (half-joked, at least) often that “queers just do it better.” And there are certain social stereotypes that perpetuate this idea: think of the hit…

A month after Halloween, my friend S texted me a photo of the wig I left in his car. “What should I do with it?” It looked wounded. And yet…

I read about a hundred words each minute. It rings impressive, but it’s less than twenty pages an hour in a typical book. I stumbled through a history of the…

The M.I.A. documentary reminds me so much of why making art is the most healing work we can do. Also, a million other things:⁣ ⁣The first time I heard M.I.A.…

Urbanscapes provide a centrally-located space for people to coalesce: a place where we can exchange ideas, experiences, intimacies, and aesthetics. At its best, such spaces provide us with the ability…

In May 2018 I was invited to give a keynote speech at a symposium held at the Literarisches Colloquium in Berlin. The broader symposium focused on the realities of African…

Copyrighted Image. Image Credit: Sense8 Finale, Segolene Lagny / Netflix   The just-concluded Netflix series Sense8 is lonely, but never alone. There is a big bad multinational company (the Biologic…

I was twelve in July of 1993, the summer of Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata’s murder- though I wouldn’t know of her for another six years . I was in my…

Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) recently launched their Octopus Initiative: a program that brings fine art into the homes of the general public. According to their website, the museum…

5 May 2018 – Cinco de Mayo   7:11 a.m.: I photograph the Death card with my iPhone, my card of the day. For nearly seven months, at the urging…

Featured Image Credit: Obi Kaufmann Books Discussed: The California Field Atlas, By Obi Kaufman DTLA/37: Downtown Los Angeles in 37 Stories, By Yennie Cheung & Kathryn E. McGee In the…

“Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves.” – John…