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Happy Friday, Fam! Here’s what we’ve been reading, watching, and getting into this past week.
Listen
Our own CF Robin is back with another season of Crunk Culture for Alabama Public Radio! Check out the latest episode on Covid-19 and vulnerable communities.
Read
Issa Rae talks Black beauty, resisting gentrification and turning failure into victory with GOAT magazine.
Kudos to Solange! Singer and Artist Debuts Free Library of Rare Books by Black Authors.
CRT is for the kids. Feminists Team Up to Create a Curriculum on Critical Race Theory for Students of All Ages.
We been knowing patriarchy was a failure. Now everyone else is figuring it out: “More Men Than Women Are Now Single. It's Not a Good Sign.”
A thought-provoking piece about food, class, and "taste."
Friend of the CFC Tanisha Ford wrote this really great piece on place, race, racialized terror and resilience.
Meanwhile, There Really Is a Coordinated Online Attack on Meghan Markle.
Watch
Just in time for Halloween, check out Horror Noire, a documentary on the history of Blackness in horror films, directed by CF Rachel's former student, Xavier Burgin. Looking for more scares? Black as Night is a supernatural flick with a Black girl heroine!