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Netflix’s “Ladies First” Recenters the Women of Hip-Hop in Their Complex Grit, Beauty, and Honesty

Carmen Phillips

Aug 10, 2023
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The Drop: When Will Black Queer Artists Realize That Fat Black Girls Need Love Too?

danijanae

Aug 2, 2021
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Also.Also.Also: That’s *Grammy Nominated* Queer R&B, Rap Heartthrob Chika to You.

Carmen Phillips

Nov 24, 2020
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Also.Also.Also: Break Out the Fainting Couch, Chika Is Singing Queer R&B Love Songs Like We’ve Never Seen Before

Carmen Phillips

Oct 13, 2020
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Here’s Some Hot Queer People in That Fancy Rihanna Underwear Because F*ck It We Love You

Carmen Phillips

Oct 5, 2020
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It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”

Abbie Jones

Mar 13, 2020

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Queen Latifah is in a black fluffy gown and smiling in Netflix's Ladies First.

tv reviews

Netflix’s “Ladies First” Recenters the Women of Hip-Hop in Their Complex Grit, Beauty, and Honesty

Ladies First reinstates Black women as the founders, experts, contributors who quite literally built hip-hop that they are.

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 10, 2023

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image shows three screenshots from three differernt music videos where each lead singer is posing with a thin romantic love interest.

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The Drop: When Will Black Queer Artists Realize That Fat Black Girls Need Love Too?

These music videos just perpetuate the idea that you have to look a certain way to be worthy of love.

danijanae —

Aug 2, 2021

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Chika is photographed against a plain white wall. Her locks fall casually into her face and she has her hands out in front of her.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: That’s Grammy Nominated Queer R&B, Rap Heartthrob Chika to You.

Was Josh Hartnett a millennial gay stepping-stone? What’s next for the #Resistance if Trump isn’t there to kick around anymore? Also: readings from both Kristen Arnett and Roxane Gay, the…

Carmen Phillips —

Nov 24, 2020

also.also.also

Chika

The rapper/singer Chika is in a purple sweatshirt, sitting on a couch, and singing you a love song into a microphone. The roses behind her only further up the romance.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Break Out the Fainting Couch, Chika Is Singing Queer R&B Love Songs Like We’ve Never Seen Before

Elizabeth Warren’s Op-Ed on Amy Coney Barrett, 25 famous women on crying, is there a safe way to go home for the holidays? Plus, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher AND…

Carmen Phillips —

Oct 13, 2020

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A collage of Cara Delevingne, Chika, and Willow Smith modeling the newest Savage Fenty Lingere.

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Here’s Some Hot Queer People in That Fancy Rihanna Underwear Because F*ck It We Love You

You know what? We need this. It’s been a helluva year.

Carmen Phillips —

Oct 5, 2020

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It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”

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It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”

Chika’s debut EP drops TODAY an she’s re-introducing herself with a major bang! Conscious, thoughtful, craftsperson-ly lyricism and bombastic beats. I can’t wait.

Abbie Jones —

Mar 13, 2020