This week’s line-up is definitely a memorable one!! Everything from the wildest party of the 90s in the South to the Martha’s Vineyard experience to tapping into one’s emotions. Lots of exciting material!! I can definitely see a few watch parties in the making!
Check out this week’s trailers below:
Homicide: New York (Streaming on Netflix-March 20th)
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told (Streaming on Hulu– March 21st)
Season 2-Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard (Streaming on Bravo-March 24th)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Streaming on Paramount +-March 29th)
Season 2-Loot (Streaming on Apple TV+ -April 3rd)
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Streaming on Hulu-April 26th)
It’s Women’s History Month and what better way to celebrate than by highlighting a few books by some AMAZING women writers!! Even put in a few extra ones for you!! And as always, Don’t forget to support your local bookstores!!
Check out March’s Monthly Book Recommendations below:
How to Live Free in a Dangerous World ~Shayla Lawson
Colliding With Fate ~A.E. Valdez
Under the Udala Trees ~Chinelo Okparanta
So Let Them Burn ~Kamilah Cole
The Black Girl Survives in This One ~Edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell
With Love, Miss Americanah ~Jane Igharo
Believe ~Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now ~Dana L. Davis
Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix ~Ibi Zoboi
Night Wherever We Go ~Tracey Rose Peyton
Photo collage of March Book Recommendations
As an Extra Bonus…Got a ton of books, but need to organize them? How about “Quotes by Iconic Women Bookends” created by Kristen and Lindsey Archer! Some of the icons available to purchase include, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Michelle Obama, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Katherine Johnson, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Kamala Harris, Sonia Sotomayor, and Gloria Steinem. You can find these at Uncommon Goods.
And as always, remember you can always go back and check out 2023’s lists and past recommendations in the “Resource” section of the website!
On Tuesday, I will be participating in a roundtable discussion on “Medicine, Marginalization, and Resistance: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.” As a 2023 Humanities Research Center (HRC) Fellow at VCU, the goal of the fellowship is to “foster intellectual exchange and to enhance the quality of research at VCU by exposing faculty to different perspectives and methodologies.”
The event takes place on March 12, 2024, 3-4:30 pm on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University [Virginia Room B-University Student Commons].
Join us for a roundtable discussion of medicine, marginalization and resistance with the HRC’s residential fellows Grace Gipson, Adin Lears, Gabriela León-Pérez, and Victoria Tucker. The fellows will discuss their work during their 2023-24 residency, exploring health humanities topics ranging from Black womanhood and disability in Marvel Comics’ Misty Knight, conceptions of medicine and the body in late medieval England, the health and well-being of Indigenous immigrants from Latin America to the US, and the experiences and contributions of Black nurses in Virginia during the transition from segregation to desegregation.
The presentations will be followed by a panel Q&A. All are welcome!
Cover Art for Heroes for Hire #4 (May 2011), Art by Doug Braithwaite
Misty Knight (played by Simone Missick) in the television series Marvel’s “Luke Cage”
During the roundtable, I will be able to discuss one of the chapters in my book project on Marvel Comics “Misty Knight” discussing Blackness, womanhood, and disability.
If you are in the Richmond Area come and check it out!! You can register for the event here!
Happy Friday and Happy International Women’s Day!!
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion.
When we inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion, we forge a better world, and when women themselves are inspired to be included, there’s a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment. Collectively, let’s forge a more inclusive world for women.”
In the spirit of today, check out a few facts about the day:
March 19, 1911 was the first celebrated International Women’s Day with more than 1 million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland taking part.
The symbol for International Women’s Day is a female gender symbol. It is usually accompanied by the following colors purple, green and white. Purple stands for dignity and justice, green for hope, and white for purity.
In some countries like Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Uzbekistan, International Women’s Day has been combined with Mother’s Day, a merger to highlight the importance of women as mothers.
Integral to the fight for women’s rights and suffrage, International Women’s Day has been a platform for advocating voting rights and combating discrimination in various forms.
As we close out one month of celebration we continue and celebrate another one, Women’s History Month!!
Women’s History Month runs from Friday, March 1, to Sunday, March 31.
Similar to Black History Month, Women’s History Month started out as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California — Women’s History Week.
In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (now known as the National Women’s History Alliance) led a consortium of women’s groups and historians in their efforts to lobby for national recognition. By February of that year, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980, as National Women’s History Week.
While International Women’s Day, held on March 8, came first, Women’s History Month serves as an extension of ongoing campaigning to achieve gender equalitythroughout our world.
Presidents after Carter continued this proclamation of National Women’s History Week in March, until Congress passed Public Law 100-9 in 1987 designating March as Women’s History Month.
Every year, the National Women’s History Alliance chooses a theme to celebrate Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is:
This year’s theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive future, we need to eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions.
Women from every background have long realized that an uneven playing field will never bring equality or justice. Many feel the critical need to speak up and work harder for fairness in our institutions and social interactions.
From Mae Jemisin to Frida Kahlo to Ruth Bader Ginsburg a number of important women from history are celebrated during this month, as well as emerging figures in the female rights and gender equality space.
Black Future Feminist 