This article was co-written by Affinity Writers Ilhan Adan and Rihanna Martin. Hair Love, a new animated short film created by filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry, is all about celebrating love and natural hair. This short film centers a black father, Stephen, as he encounters a new reality: doing his daughter Zuri’s hair for the very
In an interview during his podcast Pod Save the People, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson chatted with singer Katy Perry. During the interview, Perry brought up her problematic history of appropriating both Black and Asian cultures in past performances and music videos. https://twitter.com/drugproblem/status/873738692661313536 Most of Perry’s cultural appropriation occurred a few years back, the