Wakanda Forever Shows That Black People Can’t Win In The MCU From xoNecole: Wakanda Forever spoilers ahead Wakanda Forever is in a no-win situation. The sequel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe juggernaut Black Panther has the monumental task of honoring its fallen king, Chadwick Boseman, and the character he played, T’Challa, all while continuing on
Cover Story: Issa Rae Comes Full Circle xoNecole’s inaugural digital cover star and natural hair icon talks community, Black trauma and what makes her feel loved. Issa Rae is ethereal when she walks into the Black-woman-owned hair salon in downtown LA to star on xoNecole’s first digital cover. The
From xoNecole: *Warning: spoilers for the plot of Nope below!* Not even my momma could make me go back to Bible study, but if there’s one thing Jordan Peele can do, it’s the seemingly impossible. So here I am reading the book of Nahum again because Peele has started his latest horror-comedy Nope with
From xoNecole: In 2018, Miami-bred rap duo City Girls (JT and Yung Miami) dropped the mixtape Period, featuring a song detailing their rise to success: “Rap Shit.” My own daddy said I wouldn’t be shit / I looked at him, like we gon’ see bitch / I’m up now, I don’t
From xoNecole: *Spoilers for the plot of the movie Thor: Love & Thunder* It took me three tries to watch Thor: Love and Thunder in the waking nightmare that is the Covid/Monkeypox pandemic era. The two screenings I attempted to attend, full of people wearing Thor’s viking helmet but no masks over
From xoNecole: Cisters, we need to talk. (By “cis” I mean cisgender women–people who were assigned female at birth and also identify as women). We’re living in scary times, battling multiple pandemics, and in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting abortion rights, the assault on autonomy over our bodies