by kspence | Apr 28, 2014 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Labor, Politics, Pop Culture, Sports |
On April 25, TMZ released a recording of Donald Sterling (owner of the Los Angeles Clippers) telling his girlfriend that he didn't want her bringing black people to his basketball games, this as the NBA itself is a predominantly black league, this as the Los...
by kspence | Apr 9, 2014 | Afrofuturism, Black Popular Culture, Culture
I mentioned a few days ago that we lost Frankie Knuckles last week at the relatively young age of 59. Frankie Knuckles was to house music as Afrika Bambaata was to hip-hop. I’m in the process of writing a piece thinking about Frankie Knuckles in tandem with...
by kspence | Apr 8, 2014 | Neoliberalism, Public Health
A group of Hopkins students and administrators have gotten together to raise awareness about mental health.The result is Hopkins Speaks Up, a campaign that seeks to reduce the stigma attached to mental health. I participated. A few years ago the National Institute of...
by kspence | Apr 7, 2014 | Neoliberalism |
In my twenties after I’d attended enough weddings to pay for my tuxedo I realized that the next few decades of my life would go something like this. Attending weddings, celebrating childbirths, commiserating divorces, attending funerals, then repeat. I’ve...
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