Could ‘Love Jones’ Be the Same Love Story Under Trump?
Twenty years ago, the romance about two Black artists depicted a very different Chicago than the struggling city we're seeing now. And this administration is only going to make it worse.
Camille Acker
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Camille Acker is a freelance writer living in Chicago. She is a co-editor of Dismantle: An Anthology from the VONA/Voices Workshop and a co-founder of the website The Spinsters Union (www.thespinstersunion.com).
Can Issa Rae’s “Insecure” Start a Sexual Revolution?
The star and creator of the HBO series, who earned a Golden Globe last week, is blazing a trail for doing something quite simple: portraying authentic Black sexual relationships on TV.