“When you ready to talk, you talk. Don’t ever let nobody make you be quiet.” By Andréa Butler Two years ago, news first broke about how a YA novel inspired by #BlackLivesMatter — a novel that wouldn’t even be published until the following year — was already in talks to be made into a movie. […]
Read more
“If every young person understood the power of their voice, things would be a lot different.” – Zendaya By Kennadi Harris Like you, many of your favorite stars are tired of society’s expectations and hypocrisies and certainly tired of keeping their mouths shut when it comes to defending themselves and their culture. Here are […]
Read more
By Andréa Butler Amandla Stenberg is no stranger to activism, especially when it comes to her art. And she goes hard to make sure her messages are received. For her latest role in the upcoming movie, Where Hands Touch, Amandla didn’t opt for a prosthetic hair piece, choosing instead, to shave off all of her […]
Read more
By Andréa Butler You know you’re a straight up #boss when you can land a movie deal for a book that’s not even published yet. And that’s exactly what author Angie Thomas has done. Her debut novel, The Hate U Give — which isn’t set to be released until next spring — is inspired by […]
Read more
Recently TIME magazine released it’s annual list of “The 30 Most Influential Teens” — and this year, three of your faves made the cut: 1. Amandla Stenberg, 17 From speaking out against the Columbusing of our culture to calling out Kylie Jenner on her own cultural appropriation to co-writing a new comic book about a […]
Read more
Amandla Stenberg stays killin’ it when it comes to starting discussions about cultural appropriation and empowerment of Black girls. The latest on the 16-year-old fierce of nature? She’s co-writing a new comic book with Stranger Comics called NIOBE: She Is Life. NIOBE chronicles the adventures of Niobe, a half-elf/half-human orphaned warrior, on a quest to […]
Read more
Amandla Stenberg isn’t afraid to keep things all the way 100 and yesterday, Kylie Jenner was the one who was schooled. After Kylie Instagrammed a pic of herself in cornrows with the caption, “I woke up like disss,” her comments started to blow up and many of them were calling her out for cultural appropriation. Perhaps […]
Read more
“What would America be like if we loved Black people as much as we love Black culture?” That’s the question 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg (AKA Rue from The Hunger Games) poses at the end of her video, “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows: A Crash Discourse on Black Culture.” The video, posted a few months ago on […]
Read more