Shanna CollinsA Sonic Response to the Global Music Industry’s Erasure of African ArtistsWith the theatrical release of Black Panther, highlighting continental African artists is of utmost artistic importance, as creatives from…Feb 13, 2018Feb 13, 2018
Shanna CollinsNote to Cishet Women: Refusing to Date Bisexual Men Makes You Just as Problematic as Cishet Men“Men are trash” is the millennial feminist adage on social media: the saying aims to hold men accountable for exercising patriarchal…Feb 8, 20186Feb 8, 20186
Shanna CollinsMahogany Mami: How Foxy Brown Taught Me to Flex My Complexion as a Dark-Skinned WomanIn her mid-90s debut, Foxy Brown, born Inga Marchland, could be described as a plethora of things — one of them is not timid. A Brooklynite…Jan 31, 2018Jan 31, 2018
Shanna CollinsDown For the Diaspora: A Radical Resource On Blackness in EuropeBlackness is often only discussed in an American context, without an understanding of its social, political, economic, and cultural…Jan 9, 2018Jan 9, 2018
Shanna CollinsDiaspora Blackness in the Caribbean: A Radical ResourceBlackness is often only discussed in an American context, without an understanding of its social, political, economic, and cultural…Jan 7, 20181Jan 7, 20181
Shanna CollinsIn Reverence of Black B-GirlsWhen veteran breaker Ana “Rokafella” Garcia first took interest in breaking, she was initially hesitant to participate because of the…Nov 26, 20171Nov 26, 20171
Shanna CollinsThe Unparalleled Divinity Of New York CityNew York City is unparalleled magic.Nov 12, 2017Nov 12, 2017
Shanna CollinsAfro-Mexicans Exist, So We Must Stop Referring to Mexico As A “Mestizo” NationLa Bamba, a tune made popular by 1950s Chicano rocker, the late Ritchie Valens, is one of the most beloved songs to emerge from Mexican…Nov 1, 20173Nov 1, 20173
Shanna CollinsConnecting With Africa Happened When I Stopped Thinking Of Myself As American“We are not Americans. We are a people who formerly were Africans who were kidnapped and brought to America. Our forefathers weren’t the…Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Shanna CollinsRosie Perez Is An Afro-Nuyorican Dance Icon Whether You Like It Or Not, So Bow DownOnce upon a time, a music-dance program called Soul Train, first aired in the early seventies as a cultural response to the political…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017