The Cypher
The Weekly Roundup + Allow Us to Re-Introduce Ourselves
Hey fam!
Below, we’re sharing what we’re watching, listening to, and reading! Plus, every week for the next 5 weeks, one of the CFs will be re-introducing herself.
Watch:
Relive your childhood by watching Sailor Moon on Hulu.
Looking for something intense and thought provoking? Watch White Tiger on Netflix.
Heartbroken that Pose is coming to an end? Us too. Gear up for the final season by watching the trailer.
Listen:
The Isley Brothers/Earth Wind and Fire Verzuz was epic.
The Object of Sound by Hanif Abdurraquib is our new favorite podcast.
Check out the podcast For the Wild: An Anthology of the Anthropocene for intersectional conversation about science, politics, and liberation.
Read:
The Latest in Union News
Voter Suppression
If you’re an academic in Texas, please sign this open letter in protest of Texas’ proposed voter suppression measures.
Feminist Miscellany
Tishaura Jones, a staunch supporter of the Movement for Black Lives, was elected mayor of St. Louis!
Now…..Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
How it Started….
How it’s Going
I’m Susana. When we started the CFC back in 2010 I was 29 years old, living and working in Alabama, trying to excel at my job, reignite my creative spark, and figure out how to be grown! It was a tall order indeed. Today I’m 40, living in my adopted hometown of Atlanta, still professing, calling myself a writer, and being a grown ass woman.
The CFC has been an anchor for me, helping to find and redefine myself. I’m so thankful for my crew and for the place where I have cut my teeth and honed my craft as a writer.
My Spotify playlist has thee most random assortment of gospel music (loving Maranda Curtis right now), ratchet hip hop (Cardi, Meg, City Girls, you know), soul and neo-soul (Masego, Cleo Sol, The Internet), and podcasts (The Read, Maintenance Phase, Therapy for Black Girls). I’m a complicated lady.
These days I’m just enjoying my life as a queer femme about town (well, in these Zoom streets during the pan dulce), crunk auntie (Ti Susana luh the kids), amateur baker (mostly pound cakes), and caregiver to my mama, aka the spunkiest elder ever.
Like B mentioned last week, me, her, Chanel have a book called Feminist AF coming out this fall for the crunk youth. I’m so excited about that and other projects coming down the pike.
Looking forward to learning and growing with y’all. Thanks for staying with us!
Yours for the revolution,
Susana