Remember when we were young and naive 4 years ago, believing that 2016 was the be-all-end-all of cataclysmic years? In a year that saw some notable celebrity deaths like Prince, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds, along with the election of a literal fascist — 2016 pales in comparison to the dark timeline that ended up…
Read MoreWelcome to Flowers in the Garden, your monthly stroll through the greenhouse of our culture. In this column, I will share some of the art, journalism, stories, and humor that have sown seeds in my brain over the last moon cycle, more or less. Consider it a digital altar of the important news and nuanced…
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Since the overtly-sexual pussy anthem “WAP” dropped from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, there has been much debate on and offline about how appropriate the song is. My own mother, as an off-and-on fan of Cardi and sort-of fan of Meg, even called me to discuss her feelings about this song and music video.…
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