Tag: Janelle Monae
80s Cock Rock Combined With A Seeming Explanation of Why Grimes ‘Hearts’ Elon Comes Across on “We Appreciate Power”
Though the premise behind Grimes’ first official single, “We Appreciate Power,” from her much dangled upcoming album is intended to be told from the perspective [Read More…]
“Girls” Is Neither A Fitting Homage to “Lady Marmalade” Nor Genuine In Its Fair-weather Bisexuality
Long ago, during a time when George W. Bush was coming to the twilight of his presidency and presumably thinking about, well, not much of [Read More…]
Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer: Well, Somebody to Had to Pick Up Where Prince Left Off
At a time when “gender fluidity” is the term bandied more freely than “pussy grabs back,” Janelle Monáe has seemed to remember that she is [Read More…]
Britney Spears Being Lauded Over Christina Aguilera at VMAs As Exemplification of People Preferring Trash
Thanks to Christina Aguilera’s appearance on Carpool Karaoke (will she ever recapture the magic of Stripped?), various channels of the internet are visiting their early [Read More…]
“Django Jane” Makes Beyoncé’s Feminism Look Especially Flimsy
Released in conjunction with the Prince-saturated “Make Me Feel,” “Django Jane” and its video offers something of a more “militant” tone than its companion single, [Read More…]
Janelle Monáe Takes “Fluidity” Where Prince and Michael Jackson Couldn’t
Like the lovechild of Prince (the riff to “Kiss” most definitely comes to mind), Michael Jackson (you can’t say “The Way You Make Me Feel” [Read More…]
Hidden Figures: A Movie That Figures Out How to Lend the Term “Feel-Good” to Racism
A film about a trio of exceptionally brilliant black female mathematicians, one would think, ought to be directed by, ideally, a black female–or at least [Read More…]
“Lotta White Folks In Here”: Moonlight
It is rare for black audiences to “get” a “serious” movie. Sure, once a year, Hollywood will throw the “demographic” a historical film about civil rights [Read More…]
Pepsi Makes Peace With Madonna 27 Years After “Like A Prayer” Controversy
Almost a full twenty-seven years ago, on March 2, 1989, Madonna premiered her “Like A Prayer” single during a broadcast of The Cosby Show (oh [Read More…]
