Once again, marginalized youth are being taken care of with free screenings all over the country. Like with “Black Panther,” we here at The ViP, want to make sure everybody else, regardless of economic status, gets a chance to see “A Wrinkle In Time” opening weekend and during…
We are now only accepting applications for Passports to Wakanda (Black Panther) Fri-Sun due to the high volume of responses. Starting Tuesday, March 6 we will shift our focus to Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle In Time, at which point we will begin accepting ticket requests and donations for sponsorships….
So, it’s been a couple of days and I’ve had time to reflect on my experience at the Women’s March in DC. I don’t think I’ll ever fully be able to put into words everything that went through my mind or even know what to focus on. All the critiques I thought of have already…
SPOILERS, obviously. CONTENT WARNING. Sickle Cell disease is a debilitating, often fatal, inherited blood disorder that affects more than 100 million people worldwide, 98% of whom, in america, are Black or of African descent. Until recently, Sickle Cell was thought to only affect Black people. Like anything…
Have you ever been present for an event that turned out to be a really great story but every time the story gets re-told it seems to be different? This is what happens when my mom tells stories. It’s different every single time she tells it, with fewer and fewer details and the remaining details […]
Sometime late last year and during the earlier months of 2016, people started comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. The purpose was obvious; who doesn’t vehemently hate Hitler? It follows, then, that you’d hate Trump after seeing the horrifying similarities he shares with Hitler. There were infographics,…
Blame sexism. Blame the extensive and growing gender salary gap. Blame misogyny. Blame capitalism. Blame the mentality of the misogynistic bros that flood the comment section of any article celebrating women’s professional basketball (or any women’s pro sport). Blame all of the reasons that…
Black hair has long been a topic of discussion, if not a cornerstone, of the Black community. It is an integral part of Black identity, especially for women. While our hair and what it means to us individually may be unique, what is universal for all Black women is that our locks are closely tied […]
