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…5 min read·Mar 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…4 min read·Nov 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…·9 min read·Oct 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…27 min read·Jun 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…·11 min read·May 7, 2018--1--1
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…·6 min read·Apr 18, 2018----