In the Black Panther movie’s fictional African country, Wakanda, I am the beauty standard. What saddens me is that it took 44 years for me to finally see myself reflected on the big screen. I saw myself in General Okoye (played superbly by Danai Gurira), leader of the all women army, Dora Milaje. …
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For the “Girls Trip” movie, I’m making an exception about seeing a movie twice in the theater. It’s THAT good. I nabbed a ticket for an exclusive screening of the new “chick flick” at the BlogHer 17 conference in Orlando a few weeks ago. I’m going back to the theater …
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