NatalieDoes Black music need to “get its house in order”?We find ourselves in a bizarre cultural moment, again. Black music, and specifically this digitally-mediated, largely homegrown and…Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2019
NatalieReading and Writing, CriticallyI was faced with the awkward and embarrassing realisation this year that I don’t know how to read and write *critically*. I have largely…Nov 20, 2018Nov 20, 2018
NatalieAre We The New Kudzu of Content?More Black women celebrities graced the covers of major fashion publications this September than ever before. In this five-part series, I…Oct 1, 2018Oct 1, 2018
NatalieIntersections #1 with Bolanle TajudeenWelcome to Intersections, the show where I, Natalie, talk about the internet, pop culture and everything in between. I bring on subject…Jun 26, 2018Jun 26, 2018
NatalieKeeping It One Hundred: Urban Dictionary, Mining Black Internet Culture and Why “Fleek” Still…When I want to find out what a new phrase in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) means, I am most likely to search for it on Twitter…May 7, 20181May 7, 20181
NatalieTune In or F*ck Off, IndeedIn the James Brown documentary, “Mr Dynamite”, Mick Jagger shares how he spent his late teens watching and “stealing” from artists like…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018