L ast week, videos of Ian Connor, who is Kanye West’s creative consultant, surfaced on Twitter. In these videos, Ian Connor is seen sucker-punching rapper, singer, and Kanye collaborator, Theophilus London. In case you don’t know who Ian Connor is, he’s been accused of rape by at least six women. It was covered in major outlets… Continue reading On Ian Connor, Theophilus London, and Rape Culture
Author: Lauren Chanel Allen
Lauren Chanel Allen (sometimes known as Michelle Huxtable) is a little Michelle Obama, a little Claire Huxtable. She enjoys disproving false dichotomies. She likes Pac and Pachelbel, Clockers and cylons, Ray Charles and Rihanna, politics and PlayStation, alcohol and academics, obsessively overusing Oxford commas, and apparently alliteration. When she's not writing, playing video games, or having an existential crisis, she's working on her Ph.D in Social Psychology. Reach her on Twitter if you really feel the need to. But she’s an introvert. So. There’s that.
How An Ultralight Beam Helped My Dark Depression
I first heard “Ultralight Beam” when Kanye West and company performed it on Saturday Night Live. The-Dream opens with “I’m tryna keep my faith and Kanye continues with Deliver us serenity. Deliver us peace. Deliver us love. Lord knows we need it.” Think about how tragic it is that Kanye West, one of the biggest… Continue reading How An Ultralight Beam Helped My Dark Depression
On Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar didn’t make an album. Or at least not in the traditional sense. To Pimp a Butterfly isn’t an album you’re going to want to just throw on. Its shuffle play value is low. This is an album you revisit. It’s an album you sit with. It’s an album you study. Kendrick didn’t make… Continue reading On Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly