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https://www.themarysue.com/queens-of-infamy-lucrezia-borgia-longreads/

Longreads is an amazing place for long-form pieces, and one of my favorites is their Queens of Infamy series. Today’s installment made me hugely excited, as it’s all about Lucrezia Borgia.

I was first introduced to The Borgia family via the 2011 show on Starz starring Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia / Pope Alexander VI and Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia. While The Borgias certainly leaned into a lot of the (ahem) scandalous rumors surrounding Lucrezia, she was also shown to be smart, politically savvy, and poetic.

Queens of Infamy mixes history with writer Anne Thériault’s humor and this makes the reading time fly by, especially if you are already familiar with the subject matter. I highly recommend this read for all my armchair historians out there, if only for the breaks that feature script like scenes like these:

LUCREZIA: if you think this is the height of obscene Borgia parties, wait til you hear about the Banquet of the Chestnuts

LUCREZIA: it allegedly involved 50 courtesans crawling around naked

LUCREZIA: and prizes for the guests who had the most sex with the courtesans

LUCREZIA: while my father and I watched

LUCREZIA: I mean, it probably never happened but, you know

LUCREZIA: allegedly

(via Longreads, image: Starz)

• With all that is going on, here are 75 things that white people can do to be allies to the Black community. (via Medium)
• Paul Feig is going to be adapting the middle-grade book series The School For Good And Evil for adaptation for Netflix and I’m excited, since it’s one of my favorites. (via Deadline)

• Denzel Washington saw a commotion in West Hollywood with cops and an unarmed distressed homeless man. He got out of his car and served as a barrier between the man and the police — helping to diffuse a tense situation. This man was arrested safely.🌎❤️ pic.twitter.com/4UyYdX1vT6

  — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 28, 2020

• Noah Reid delivers some sweetness into our hearts with a new song from his album. (via EW)
• Ruby Rose offers some explanation for her exit from Batwoman—not a lot, but just enough to make people wonder “hmmm?” (via Yahoo News)
• Leslie Odom Jr. talks about his new animated musical series Central Park on Apple TV Plus. (via NYT)
• Logan stars Hugh Jackman and James Mangold spoke about how Dafne Keen landed the role of X-23 and became a legend. (via CBR)
• What is this?

Tomorrow is finally gonna be Friday.

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https://madamenoire.com/1167819/darnella-frazier-minneapolis-george-floyd/

As the focus of George Floyd’s murder shifts between his death and the surrounding demonstrations, the teen who captured Floyd’s last moments is unfairly being pressed about not interfering in the dangerous incident.

Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old Minneapolis girl who posted the video to her timeline, sparking another development in the Black Lives Movement, spoke out via Facebook on Wednesday. Apparently, she’s received criticism for not helping Floyd, completely ignoring the fact that she was stunned in the moment. Frazier is also a young girl, and the responsibility should be placed far, far, from her shoulders.

“I’m doing it for clout ?? For attention?? What ?? To get paid ?? Now y’all just sound dumb and ignorant!! I don’t expect anyone who wasn’t placed in my position to understand why and how I feel the way that I do!! MIND YOU I am a minor ! 17 years old, of course I’m not about to fight off a cop I’m SCARED wtf. I don’t give 2 f—s about what y’all would’ve did because was y’all there?? NO,” she wrote.

Placing the blame on Darnella is also a product of adultification, where Black girls are always seen and treated as adults instead of as minors. We see the harsh effects of this in how Black girls are hyper-sexualized and face harsher disciplinary measures than their peers in school. Headlines sharing Darnella’s story have labeled her as a “woman,” when she is still a minor.

“Fighting would’ve got someone else killed or in the same position George (may he Rest In Peace ) was in!” she continued. “If it wasn’t for me 4 cops would’ve still had their jobs, causing other problems. My video went world wide for everyone to see and know!! His family was reached out to! The police most definitely would’ve swept it under the rug with a cover up story. Instead of bashing me, THANK ME! Because that could’ve been one of your loved ones and you would want to see the truth as well. Anyone with something negative to say pls block me. I’m not forcing you to watch me.”

In an interview with TMZ, Darnella’s mother explained the incident has caused her great distress, expressing that she was already was suffering from social anxiety.

Prior to her Facebook statement Darnella paid her respects to George Floyd by visiting the scene of his death the day after the video went viral. Her emotional reaction was captured by NowThis News.

“I watched this man die. I was the one that was recording the whole thing,” she said through tears.

“I’ve seen him die. Oh my god! “I posted the video last night and it went viral. And everybody’s asking me, ‘How do I feel?’ I don’t know how to feel, cause it’s so sad bro.”

She explained that she was visiting the store with her cousin when she saw him on the ground.

“I pulled my camera out. This man could not f—–g breathe at all! He’s like, ‘Please I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’ and they did not care. They killed this man and I was right there, I was like five feet away.

“It is so traumatizing,” she said as she walks out of the frame applying her mask.

https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/gifts-for-dad-who-has-everything-fathers-day/

Dads tend to be pretty humble about asking for things – especially around Father’s Day.

If your dad is anything like mine, he will accept a tie or perhaps a nice homecooked steak dinner, but usually the Father’s Day gift requests don’t extend beyond that. Besides, he’s probably got his hands on all the latest gadgets already! But for all the joy, support and love that fathers bring to our lives, we simply can’t let this holiday go by unacknowledged (even if they don’t ask for anything!)

If you’re stumped on what to get dad this year for Father’s Day, don’t sweat it! We’ve picked out some truly awesome gifts that will win over even the most “hard to shop for” pop around.

The post Gifts For The Dad Who Has Everything appeared first on Essence.

http://www.afronerd.com/2020/05/btalk100-presents-afronerdradios-mid.html

Howdy, folks!   We're still inhaling the "new carpet" smell that is wafting through the virtual offices of our new Afronerd Radio platform, courtesy of BTalk 100.  Join us this Wednesday at 8pm eastern for our Mid Week in Review broadcast when we discuss the following topics:  due to our tech issues, we will revisit some of the topics discussed during Sunday's Grindhouse show;  we failed to discuss Sirius XM finally allowing for a Prince channel (temporarily?); Dburt gives his impression of the channel's effort to preserve Mr. Nelson's vast musical legacy; more COVID-19 chronicles, of course-including a testy and perhaps racial exchange between POTUS and a reporter of Asian descent; new developments in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case; Twitter announced that more workers maybe  working from home indefinitely; and speaking of working from home, a new study posits that remote employees are actually just as productive (or beyond) when given the option to work remotely; revisiting the #newblack Twitter hashtag after discovering a '17 Daily Beast article that not only defines the term but also provides critical analyses; Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone redux S2 trailer just hit the cyberwebs slated for a June release on CBS All Access; the CW recently bought the rights to the canceled DC Universe Swamp Thing series;  noted director, Tim Story (first Fantastic Four franchise, Ride Along) is returning to the superhero genre with comedian, Kevin Hart in a forthcoming project called Night Wolf;  thoughts about basketball icon, Michael Jordan's Netflix documentary, The Last Dance;  and then there's another doc from another famed Chicagoan, former First Lady, Michelle Obama entitled Becoming; Marvel's Black Widow has been moved to November '20 (assuming theaters are allowed to reopen) and Dburt checked out S2 of Netflix' The Hollow;  thoughts about a rumored  Spider-Man 2099 live action project at Disney +; Lastly, thoughts about the recent release of a movie trailer for the "Queen of Hip Hop Soul," Mary J Blige 's forthcoming supernatural thriller, Body Cam. Call LIVE at 508-645-0100. 




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