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…6 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Feb 8, 2018--6--6
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…4 min read·Jan 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…8 min read·Jan 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…10 min read·Jan 7, 2018--1--1
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…5 min read·Nov 26, 2017----
Shanna CollinsThe Unparalleled Divinity Of New York CityNew York City is unparalleled magic.4 min read·Nov 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…4 min read·Nov 1, 2017--3--3
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…5 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Oct 23, 2017----