OMG...WHAT?! #Oscars2022

I’m tripping that you can assault someone on live television on stage at the Oscars and just take your seat and watch the rest of the show.

I was dead asleep. Not as a statement about the Oscars at all - I’ve just been under the weather all weekend. Then I was suddenly awakened with hails of texts from everyone I ever met. My first thought was something bad happened to someone I love. Turns out it did.

Happy 100th birthday to Mildred Pitts Walter, founding Board member of scbwi and iconic author who believed Black children should be represented in contemporary children books. A hero,an icon, a friend. #scbwi #inclusion

Just got home from a harrowing experience and it's haunting me.... This is a long thread... This evening I took my mom on an errand, and when we arrived in the parking lot there were four white male police officers surrounding two Black teen girls. 1/16

🔥 #Creed3

You had a request….

RIP, Kevin Conroy. You will be missed 📷: nycnikon/IG

Fav moment of the night! 100 year old Eloise and her 95 year old sister said they waited years for this moment ❤️

She was EVERYTHING to me!!! When Fame came out, it shifted all who dreamed of being an artist. Irene's talent was mesmerizing! Her being a Black girl...was the icing. She influenced an entire generation!! Gone waaayy too soon. RIP...so grateful for your presence on this earth 💔

.Entertainment Tonight A very humble thank you #EntertainmentTonight for the acknowledgment 💪🏽 #HappyHolidays #ET #AlBSure • youtu.be/8ELnE8XFpo4

With #M3GAN hitting theaters this week, this is a good time to point out that it was written by a Black woman, Akela Cooper. She's one of the hottest screenwriters in horror right now, having also written Hell Fest, Malignant, and the upcoming The Nun 2.

Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors give a shoutout to Angela Bassett: "Hey Auntie, we love you." #Oscars

Ruth Carter makes history as the first Black woman to win two #Oscars. She won Best Costume Design with both ‘Black Panther’ films.

then and now 💞💞💞💞 #YesSWC2023

The advice from writers on twitter is often disingenuous, perhaps unintentionally, and I would recommend sticking with your gut always.

Breaking News: Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, actor and activist who became a major force in the civil rights movement, has died at 96. nyti.ms/444e0xM

Released on this day in 1988: Lovesexy 35 🎂

I’ll never forget leaving the color purple premiere and riding in the limo with you. I’ll never forget you doing an impromptu “simply the best” under the stars in South Africa on new years for us. Your voice, your music has moved the world and your life has encouraged us all. We

Silk & Steel is still my favourite album 🖤🩶🖤🩶