Every woman has a bad hair day story but for Black women there is ancestral of trauma wrapped up in our hair stories. There is superstition embedded in how our haircare regime because the headspace is scared. All those connections and experiences are laid bare in the...
Over the years I’ve seen several war dramas and films. Some of them were about the Holocaust. Sometimes it was on the backdrop for a romance, other times it clearly showed the horrors of the genocide. In my twenties, I learnt that blacks and homosexuals were also...
I don’t know about you but I love Christmas movies. It’s my third favourite thing about the season. Christmas films bring such colour, cheer and charm the bleak days. Now I’m not sure if October was too early to watch Christmas film but the kids and I recently watched...
A few weeks ago I attended the private screening of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther movie, hosted by Vlogger Influencers Curlture. The event was held at Cineworld, Wood Green, London and sponsored by Revlon Realistic and Black Girl Gamers. If you have not seen the...
In preparation to attending the screening of A DOG’S PURPOSE showed the kids the trailer. Valentina was not interested. I expected that because she’s too young to understand the entire story. Angelo, however, was happy to see the film. He mentioned that he would...
Yesterday was the first day of our Easter holidays. I decided the kids and I would simply stay in JUST CHILL OUT. Angelo is now able to log into Netflix, so he found something that both he and Valentina could watch. While making breakfast I heard the familiar sounds...
