I am in love-love-love with Solange’s new song Don’t touch my hair. If it’s not 4 minutes and 24 seconds of pure truth, then I don’t know what is. Take a listen and if you’re completely whisked away to a field of enchantment floating on a cotton cloud (like I was), then you should check out her full album A Seat At The Table.
P.S.A: Don’t come here and start comparing Solange to Beyonce. These are two extremely talented women in two completely separate lanes.
Lol if only that were true.
Disclaimer: Embrace yourself for the slayage you’re about to witness.
Everyone loves seeing their favorite movies continue on with a sequel. Right up until you watch the sequel, then you can’t wait for the images to quickly deteriorate from your mind. Yet here I am happy as can be by the almost certain yes that The Princess Diaries series will continue with a third movie.
Now this may be completely pointless to some, but if you were a little girl growing up in the 2000’s (you know when Disney was still the bomb.com) it means everything!! I don’t care how many times people try to deny it, after seeing The Princess Diaries everyone was secretly hoping they were a princess to the European land of Genovia. Which to my dismay after googling found out was not a real country, thanks Disney.
Director Gary Marshall goes on to reveal in an interview done with People Magazine that Anne Hathaway (Princess Mia herself) is totally up for reprising her role. Meaning Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi Queen of Genovia is ready to claim her rightful place on the thrown.
Marshall goes on to tell People “I was with Anne Hathaway a couple weeks ago, it looks like we want to do Princess Diaries 3 in Manhattan.” But wait there’s more, he again goes on to say “Anne Hathaway is very pregnant, so we have to wait until she has the baby and then I think we’re going to do it.” Personally I would love to see the baby worked into the script somehow, because hey, every kingdom needs their heir.
The first two installments were based off of the young adult novels by Meg Cabot (which of course I read). It follows the life of ugly duckling Mia Thermopolis who find’s out she’s a Princess from her deceased father’s side. Of course she gets the whole makeover and fake friends…. you know the rest, and if you don’t then why are you still reading this? GOO WATCH THE MOVIE!!
There’s still no word if any of the original cast members will be returning but fingers crossed. There’s no doubt I would want Monarch Clarisse (since she’s no longer Queen) Julie Andrews to come back.
I hate it when they change the actors of certain characters you’ve gotten accustomed of seeing play that role. They did it with Paige in the Prince and Me and Aunt Viv in Fresh Prince Of Bell Air. I mean really, they just thought we wouldn’t notice that Aunt Viv got 5 shades lighter and shorter.
Sorry I digress, back to what I was saying, right same cast members. I’d love to see the original cast again. That includes; Joe, Lily, Palo, Prime Minister Motaz, Mia’s Mom, that one teacher guy that marries Mia’s mom.
Also don’t think I forgot about Chris Pine A.K.A Prince Nicholas.
Pine hinted at the thought of coming back in a interview done earlier this year with EW.com. When asked if he’d ever consider coming back to the franchise? Pine replies “have you been reading my diaries.” Hopefully he returns, when the second movie ended Nicholas and Mia looked pretty happy together. It seemed that he had no problem with being the boyfriend of a boss ass Queen.
So are you excited as I am to see Princess Mia and the royal squad comeback? If so, would you be okay will different actors or want the original cast? What about a baby, leave your comments and thoughts down below.
To end it only seems fitting to let the words of the Genovian anthem brings us home.
“Genovia the land I call my home. Something, something, something, something, soooomethingggg pear tree.”
Currently in entertainment news, Kesha is suing her producer Dr.Luke for sexually assaulting her and using her career as leverage to keep her quiet. Allegedly he had raped her in 2006 and legal actions began in 2014. All she’s asking for is to be released from her contract.
Dr.Luke is saying that he never raped Kesha and that they were longtime friends. He’s only seen her as “a little sister” and she’s only using the allegations to get out of her contract that keeps her at Sony for six more albums.
Due to the lack of evidence and the airtight contract, she signed the N.Y court denied her request to be released from her contract. This is where the whole #FreeKesha movement on twitter started. Many celebs have come forward in support of Kesha like; Demi Lovato, Lady Gaga, Lorde and Taylor Swift who donated $250,000 for Kesha’s legal expenses.
Now that you’re all caught up let me tell you what I think. There’s this stigma around rape in America that creates this vicious cycle.
1. A Woman, Men or child is raped, two things can happen.
Scenario A. A victim comes forward and the man or woman goes to jail, is publically shamed and criticized. Only to find out a couple years later that the victim wasn’t a victim at all and lied about the incident.
Scenario B. A victim comes forward and is publically shamed, criticized and questioned. No one believes the victim and the attacker is let go, free to attack again. Other victims see this and are scared to speak up for fear of being exiled to the brink of society.
Somewhere throughout history, scenario A. happened one too many times which lead to the creation scenario B. It’s difficult dealing with rape because without evidence it’s a he said-she said case. I wish it were easy to say that no matter what the court system will find the truth, but most the time that’s not true. Sometimes an innocent person goes to jail and a guilty man is set free to attack again. When that happens you end up back at square one.
I believe Kesha 100% if she says she’s been raped then in my eyes she’s been raped until proven otherwise. I don’t care if you’re a man, woman, child or an elderly person if you say you’ve been sexually assaulted I will believe you. Maybe if more people had that mentality then more victims would step forward instead of scared into silence.
We need to stop asking questions like what was she wearing, was she drunk, did she lead him on. All those questions do is blame the victim for their attackers actions. Though I’ll always side with the victim I can understand why some people would be skeptical. The accusation of rape can destroy the life of an alleged attacker just as much as the life of the so-called victim.
Take for example the man that was a draft pick away from playing in the NFL, but was wrongfully accused of rape and sent to jail. He missed out on the only opportunity he had to live his dream and follow the career path he worked hard for. I’m sure there’s plenty of cases much like that one that puts innocent people behind bars. It’s those who falsely cry rape that set the movement back.
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t have questions because you should. No one really knows what happened so asking those questions isn’t a crime. All I’m asking is that you self-evaluate the way you look at rape victims. Really ask yourself ” do you want to live in a country where the government tells your daughter or granddaughter whether or not she’s been raped?” Let’s end the stigma surrounding rape in America.
My prayers go out to Kesha and any rape victims going through their own legal battles. Hopefully, it all works out and justice is served to whomever it belong to.
Leave your thoughts and comments below.
Sending Peace, Love and Faith your way,
Nathel Kayy
What a hot topic this has been for the past couple of weeks. I’ve restrained myself from commenting or posting on social media for many reasons. The main reason being my fear of aggressively ranting at random Facebook commentators. But as my irritation subsided the debate over the subject seemed to only intensify. So what the hell I might as well jump in and add my 2 cents.
What am I talking about? Well if you don’t know by now then you obviously didn’t read the title. Also, you’re among the .0001% of people in the U.S who weren’t watching the Superbowl 50 halftime show. That’s right, I’m talking about Beyonce’s halftime performance.
Beyonce took to the field with her badass army of female Black Panther backup dancers to perform her newest single Formation. To me, the whole thing felt last minute and rushed. I’m not a huge fan of hers but there’s no doubt that the woman knows how to entertain. I had heard the single the night before right when it was released. So when the news that Beyonce was performing released it was only a given that it was going to be Formation.
If you haven’t seen the music video click here.
Many people believe that Beyonce’s performance was racist (and by many I mean mostly middle-class White Americans) because of her reference to the Black Panthers. With statements of how inappropriate it was to portray a terrorist group on a nationally televised program. Especially the Superbowl which is held as a sacred holiday to most Americans. Some even went as far as to compare the Black Panthers to the KKK.
I don’t see the comparison between the Black Panthers and the KKK. Then again I am nearsighted. Meaning I have trouble seeing things that aren’t directly placed in front of my face. Yet I still don’t believe there’s a correlation.
The Black Panthers were a (radical) social group that had a short stint in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s. They used force tactics to solidify racial equality for Blacks in; education, housing, employment and civil rights.
The Ku Klux Klan is known for their horrific violence towards Blacks, and their ideology of White supremacy.
Through my slightly distorted vision, the only similarity I see between the two is the conviction they both held for their beliefs. The Black Panthers stood for racial equality by any means. While the KKK stood for Black hatred and White superiority.
I find it comical when people deliberately go out of their way to not acknowledge the social issues going on currently in American society. I have to laugh to keep from screaming or getting angry. I have to laugh to keep from getting tired and just giving up. I have to laugh to keep myself from crying. Yet no matter how many times you explain certain people can’t get it, don’t get it and won’t get it.
Still let’s set the record straight once again. Beyonce can not be racist, no Black person in the United States of America has the ability to be racist. Racism has more to do with institutions and the many systems of power that hold our nation together. Powers such as; education, employment, housing, health and legal representation.
Black people can’t be racist because they don’t hold any ounce of power in these institutions. The amount of power needed to affect the lives or wellbeing of Whites. The power stays in the hands of Whites due to institutional, environmental, economic and social racism that has been embedded in our way of life. Like red lining, legacy, white flight, the G.I bill, food desert and racial profiling.
That doesn’t mean that Blacks can’t harbor any hostile thoughts, feelings or emotions towards Whites. Blacks can 100% be prejudice, discriminatory, bigoted, biased and so on. But the idea of Black racism is an oxymoron. Created by Whites who are tired of defending themselves and their innocence of being a racist.
The use of comedy and satire is very needed to help swallow this large pill we call race in America. So here’s a funny SNL skit to do just that.
My intentions for this post wasn’t to stir the pot nor attack Whites. I’m also not trying to generalize a whole population as I hate when the same is done to mine. There’s always going to be a debate on the issue. Take sexism, for example, there’s the question can women be sexist? I personally don’t believe so, most if not all positions of power, in most if not all institutions are held by men. Women do not have the capability to oppress men.
There’s always going to be opposition at every turn. Someone just waiting to tell you why you’re wrong. The sooner you accept it the easier it is to respect their opinion. There’s going to be people who agree with me that are White, and those who will disagree that are Black. Everyone may even disagree which is completely fine. I respect their opinion just as much as I hope they respect mine.
I’d love to hear your opinions and thoughts. Comment below what you think.
Sincerely,
Nathel Kayy
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