Corin Ford’s essay explores Beyoncé’s groundbreaking visual album, Lemonade, and its themes of Black unity, empowerment, and resilience. Ford walks us through Beyoncé’s sources of inspiration, which include both her own personal experiences and the work of other black activists, such as Joan Morgan and Audre Lorde. Ford also emphasizes Beyoncé’s inclusion of Black men […]
In this essay, Lily Weber examines environmental injustice through the lense of democratic precarity. Weber swiftly employs the use of the Flint water crisis as the central case study for her piece, in order to demonstrate how the mismanagement of emerging environmental disasters can undermine democracy and the rights of Americans. While dissecting many scientific […]
In analyzing the written and cinematic works of Joan Morgan, Beyoncé Knowles, and Audre Lorde, Gracia Bareti explores how these three women use artistic self expression to challenge the stereotype of the Strong Black Woman. Her rich analysis examines how the Strong Black Woman stereotype has been enforced externally and internally in the lives and […]
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