January 2021 – Confluence

Black Mothers and Boss Ladies on the Screen by Shatima Jones

Black Mothers and Boss Ladies on the Screen

by Shatima JonesPosted on January 31, 2021February 2, 2021

The first installment of "A Seat at Our Table," featuring “The Black Women Boss Ladies of Shondaland” by Cheyenne Porcher “Black Motherhood on Primetime Television” by Courteney Celestin, “Laboring Women: Black and White Beauticians in Film” by Ava Marshall, and “The Liberation of Black Women through Cinema” by Kendra Brown.

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The Black Women Boss Ladies of Shondaland by Cheyenne Porcher

The Black Women Boss Ladies of Shondaland

by Cheyenne PorcherPosted on January 31, 2021February 11, 2021

How are the leading Black women on primetime television in the 2010s portrayed?

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Black Motherhood on Primetime Television by Courtney Celestin

Black Motherhood on Primetime Television

by Courteney CelestinPosted on January 31, 2021January 30, 2021

From Claire Huxtable to Rainbow Johnson, how has the portrayal of Black women and Black motherhood in Black sitcoms changed over time?

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Laboring Women: Black and White Beauticians in Film

by Ava MarshallPosted on January 31, 2021January 30, 2021

A comparative analysis of "Steel Magnolias" and "Beauty Shop"

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The Liberation of Black Women through Cinema by Kendra Brown

The Liberation of Black Women through Cinema

by Kendra BrownPosted on January 31, 2021January 30, 2021

How do portrayals of Black women in the 1990s cinema reimagine the journey of self-discovery and healing?

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The Concept of Otherness in Science Fiction by Bryanna Gary and Jonathan Sonnenberg

The Concept of Otherness in Speculative Fiction

by Bryanna Gary and Jonathan SonnenbergPosted on January 14, 2021March 2, 2021

Episode 1 of "Nucleus," the Confluence podcast.

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