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Kendrick Lamar (2015) Photography by Chris Buck

Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars

A new exhibition - Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious - at Fotografiska in New York explores hip-hop’s aesthetic evolution from 1972 to 2022 – here, co-curator Sacha Jenkins walks us through five images from the show

Queen Latifah, Sky Magazine (1990) Photography by Jesse Frohman

Tupac, straight jacket (1993) Photography by Shawn Mortensen

Notorious B.I.G. #01 (1994) Photography by Geoffroy de Boismenu

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Sacha Jenkins, 2022)

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Sacha Jenkins, 2022)

PSA: Just highlighting the LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK AND BLUES documentary — currently on Apple — which I liked so much I plan on re-seeing it: there is marvellous archival footage: photographs of his youth, his collages, never-before-seen clips of him recording; the sight of his upper lip, bruised from playing the horn, and excerpts of the recordings he made of himself talking at home, sometimes…

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Seen in 2023:

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Sacha Jenkins), 2022

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Eminem: The Way I Am :: Sacha Jenkins

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2023 NAACP Image Awards — Film Winners

Entertainer of the Year Angela Bassett — WINNER Mary J. Blige Quinta Brunson Viola Davis Zendaya

Outstanding Motion Picture “A Jazzman’s Blues” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER “Emancipation” “The Woman King“ “Till”

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Joshua Boone, “A Jazzman’s Blues” Jonathan Majors, “Devotion” Will Smith, “Emancipation” — WINNER Sterling K. Brown, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul“ Daniel Kaluuya, “Nope”

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Danielle Deadwyler, “Till” Keke Palmer, “Alice” Letitia Wright, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Regina Hall, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul“ Viola Davis, “The Woman King” — WINNER

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Aldis Hodge, “Black Adam” Cliff “Method Man” Smith, “On the Come Up” Jalyn Hall, “Till” John Boyega, “The Woman King“ Tenoch Huerta Mejía, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Danai Gurira, ”Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Janelle Monáe, ”Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Lashana Lynch, “The Woman King“ Lupita Nyong’o, ”Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture “A Jazzman’s Blues” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER “Emancipation” “The Woman King” “Till”

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Jalyn Hall, “Till” — WINNER Joshua Boone, “A Jazzman’s Blues” Ledisi, “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story” Y’lan Noel, “A Lot of Nothing“ Yola, “Elvis”

Outstanding Character Voice Performance in a Motion Picture Angela Bassett, “Wendell & Wild” Keke Palmer, “Lightyear” — WINNER Kevin Hart, “DC League of Super-Pets” Lyric Ross, “Wendell & Wild” Taraji P. Henson, “Minions: The Rise of Gru”

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture “DC League of Super-Pets” “Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” “Turning Red” “Wendell & Wild” — WINNER

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Breaking” “Causeway” “Mr. Malcolm’s List” “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story“ “The Inspection” — WINNER

Outstanding International Motion Picture “Athena” “Bantú Mama” — WINNER “Broker” “Learn to Swim“ “The Silent Twins”

Outstanding Documentary (Film) “Civil” — WINNER “Descendant” “Is That Black Enough For You?!?” “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” “Sidney”

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Antoine Fuqua, “Emancipation” Chinonye Chukwu, “Till” Gina Prince-Bythewood, “The Woman King” — WINNER Kasi Lemmons, “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” Ryan Coogler, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Film or Television) Nadia Hallgren, “Civil” Reginald Hudlin, “Sidney” — WINNER Sacha Jenkins, “Everything's Gonna Be All White” Sacha Jenkins, “Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues” W. Kamau Bell, “We Need to Talk About Cosby”

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Charles Murray, “The Devil You Know” Dana Stevens, Maria Bello, “The Woman King” Jordan Peele, “Nope” Krystin Ver Linden, “Alice” Ryan Coogler, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER

Outstanding Costume Design (Film or Television) Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, “Emancipation” Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Heather Constable, Christina Cattle, Sheryl Willock, Becky MacKinnon, “Star Trek: Discovery” Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Lieze Van Tonder, Lynn Paulsen, Tova Harrison, “The Woman King” Ruth E. Carter, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Trayce Gigi Field, “A League of Their Own”

Outstanding Hairstyling (Film or Television) Camille Friend, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — WINNER Curtis Foreman, Ryan Randall, “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars” Louisa V. Anthony, Deaundra Metzger, Maurice Beaman, “Till” Mary Daniels, Kalin Spooner, Darrin Lyons, Eric Gonzalez, “All American” Tracey Moss, Jerome Allen, Tamika Dixon, Lawrence ‘Jigga’ Simmons, Jason Simmons, “Fantasy Football”

Outstanding Make-Up (Film or Television) Debi Young, Sandra Linn, Ngozi Olandu Young, Gina Bateman, “We Own This City” — WINNER Angie Wells, “Cheaper by the Dozen” Michele Lewis, “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” Ren Rohling, Teresa Vest, Megan Areford, “Emergency” Zabrina Matiru, “Surface”

Outstanding Short Form (Live-Action) “Dear Mama…” — WINNER “Fannie” “Fathead” “Incomplete” “Pens & Pencils”

Outstanding Short Form (Animated) “I Knew Superman” “More Than I Want To Remember” — WINNER “Supercilious” “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” “We Are Here”

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books read in 2023

WHAT, how is it already the next year, I'm not ready to be done with my 2023 reading list! This year I read 73 books, which is my lowest total since 2016. I got so distracted by just thinking about Heaven Official's Blessing constantly that I did hardly any reading of anything else for the last several months of the year!

If you want to ask me anything about any of the books I read, please feel free! I'm always happy to talk books!!

Italics indicate a reread. Each book is rated from one to five stars according to my personal reaction to it, rather than my judgement of its objective worth.

January

***** A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf - nf

*** Wild Rain, by Beverly Jenkins

**** The Desert is Fertile, by Hélder Câmara, translated by Dinah Livingstone - nf

***** When the Angels Left the Old Country, by Sacha Lamb

*** Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix, by Anna-Marie McLemore

*** Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski - nf

**** Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe - nf

**** Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your TIme, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, by Christy Harrison - nf

***** How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley - nf

*** The Twelve Points of Caleb Canto, by Sam Starbuck

*** Spellcast, by Barbara Ashford

**** Defekt, by Nino Cipri 

February

***** Point of Hopes, by Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett

*** Rabbit Chase, by Elizabeth LaPensée

*** Shelterbelts, by Jonathan Dyck

*** A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

March

**** Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay, by Merilyn Simonds - nf

*** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope

*** Spear, by Nicola Griffith.

**** How Long ‘til Black Future Month?, by N. K. Jemisin

*** Hello, Melancholic!, by Ohsawa Yayoi

**** The Monsters We Defy, by Leslye Penelope

April

**** The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated and edited by Jack Zipes

*** The Stand-In, by Lily Chu

*** A Half-Built Garden, by Ruthanna Emrys

**** Volume 2 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** A Garter as a Lesser Gift, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

**** Magical Boy, Volume 1, by The Kao

**** Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus, by Chuck Tingle

*** Welcome to St Hell, by Lewis Hancox - nf

***** The Iron Children, by Rebecca Fraimow

**** A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird, by Rosemary Mosco – nf

May

*** Volume 3 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

*** Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

**** We Ride Upon Sticks, by Quan Barry

**** Surviving Romance, Season 1, by Lee Yone

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

June

**** Volume 4 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

**** Some Desperate Glory, by Emily Tesh

**** Enemies to Lovers, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

July

***** To Shape A Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose

**** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** Under Fortunate Stars, by Ren Hutchings

**** Honeytrap, by Aster Glenn Gray

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, Volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

*** Bloodmarked, by Tracy Deonn

August

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 3, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

**** Volume 2 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 4, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Volume 5, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

** The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal

***** The Sleeping Soldier, by Aster Glenn Gray

**** The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, by Desmond Cole – nf

**** Thornhedge, by T. Kingfisher

September

*** The Lies of the Ajungo, by Moses Ose Utomi

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 3, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

October

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 4, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

**** Volume 3 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

**** Volume 4 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 5, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 6, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

*** The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, volume 1, by Kazuki Irodori ; original story, Yatsuki Wak

November

**** Volume 5 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Suzuki Jirou

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 7, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

***** Heaven Official’s Blessing, volume 8, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

December

**** The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, volume 2, by Kazuki Irodori ; original story, Yatsuki Wak

**** Volume 1 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch, by Ryukishi07, art by Natsumi Kei

***** Heaven Official's Blessing, volume 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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Happy New Year!!! for the book ask... 12, 17 and/or 25??

Omg I forgot I reblogged this!!! Thank you for asking!

12. Any books that disappointed you?

- Yes!!! I had heard really good things about "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, but it was so bad. If you have StoryGraph, there's a whole unhinged rant in my review of it, but it feels like what a straight person would find appealing about a queer book, marketed to queer ppl. Also "Boy, Snow, Bird" by Helen Oyeyemi - the ending was wildly transphobic out of nowhere. There were a couple more that I started reading with no expectations and hated, but that's not really disappointment.

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

- Also yes, mostly because the ones I really liked this year weren't ones people were talking about! T. Kingfisher's "The Saint of Steel" series, Katherine Addison's "The Goblin Emperor", Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" and (though I'm still reading it into 2024) Sacha Lamb's "When the Angels left the Old Country" take the cake for me I think!

21. What reading goals do you have for next year?

- 100 books and two reading challenges from StoryGraph! This year I did 80 books and three challenges, but those were smaller.

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THE EGO TRIP CREW

BRENT ROLLINS, ELLIOT WILSON, JEFF MAO, GABE ALVAREZ, SACHA JENKINS

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Supporters of #NoHostageLeftBehind Open Letter to Joe Biden - Part 1/2

The letter consists of lies, no mention of Palestinian genocides, and a call for ceasefire.

Read the full letter:

Dear President Biden,

We are heartened by Friday's release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan [Raanan] and by today's release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity.

But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered—women raped, families burned alive, and infants beheaded.

Thank you for your unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people, who have been terrorized by Hamas since the group's founding over 35 years ago, and for the Palestinians, who have also been terrorized, oppressed, and victimized by Hamas for the last 17 years that the group has been governing Gaza.

We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom from the brutal violence spread by Hamas. And most urgently, in this moment, freedom for the hostages.

We urge everyone to not rest until all hostages are released. No hostage can be left behind. Whether American, Argentinian, Australian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Eritrean, Filipino, French, German, Indian, Israeli, Italian, Kazakh, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbekistani or otherwise, we need to bring them home.

Supporters:

Adam & Jackie Sandler

Amy Schumer

Aaron Sorkin

Barry Diller

Behati Prinsloo

Bella Thorne

Ben Stiller

Bob Odenkirk

Bobbi Brown

Bradley Cooper

Brett Gelman

Chris Rock

Constance Wu

Courteney Cox

David Alan Grier

David Chang

David Geffen

David Oyelowo

Diane Von Furstenberg

Eli Roth

Emma Seligman

Eric Andre

Ewan McGregor

Gal Gadot

Gwyneth Paltrow

Harvey Keitel

Isla Fisher

Jack Black

James Brolin

Jason Blum

Jason Sudeikis

Jeff Goldblum

Jerry Seinfeld

Jesse Plemons

Jessica Biel

Jessica Seinfeld

Joey King

John Slattery

Jon Hamm

Jordan Peele

Josh Brolin

Judd Apatow

Judge Judy Sheindlin

Julia Garner

Julianna Margulies

Julie Rudd

Justin Theroux

Justin Timberlake

Karlie Kloss

Katy Perry

Kirsten Dunst

Lana Del Rey

Laura Dern

Liev Schreiber

Madonna

Martin Short

Michelle Williams

Mila Kunis

Nicola Peltz

Noa Tishby

Olivia Wilde

Orlando Bloom

Paul & Julie Rudd

Richard Jenkins

Rita Ora

Ross Duffer

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sam Levinson

Sarah Paulson

Sean Combs

Shira Haas

Sting & Trudie Styler

Taika Waititi

Thomas Kail

Tiffany Haddish

Tyler Perry

Will Ferrell

Andy Cohen

Alex Edelman

Amy Sherman Palladino

Aubrey Plaza

Barry Levinson

Billy Crystal

Brad Falchuk

Brian Grazer

Bridget Everett

Brooke Shields

Chelsea Handler

Chloe Fineman

Chris Jericho

Colleen Camp

David Schwimmer

Dawn Porter

Dean Cain

Debra Messing

Elisabeth Shue

Erin Foster

Eugene Levy

Gene Stupinski

Gina Gershon

Guy Oseary

Henry Winkler

Holland Taylor

James Corden

Jason Reitman

Jessica Elbaum

Jimmy Carr

Jonathan Ross

Josh Charles

Juliette Lewis

Kristen Schaal

Kristin Chenoweth

Lea Michele

Mark Foster

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Matthew Weiner

Michael Rappaport

Molly Shannon

Noah Schnapp

Pattie LuPone

Regina Spektor

Sara Foster

Sarah Cooper

Scott Braun

Seth Meyers

Sharon Stone

Zack Snyder

Zoey Deutch

Zosia Mamet

Zoe Saldana

Alex Aja

Aaron Bay-Schuck

Amy Chozick

Aron Coleite

Adam Goodman

Alan Grubman

Adam Levine

Allan Loeb

Amy Pascal

Angela Robinson

Antonio Campos

Anthony Russo

Alexandra Shiva

Andrew Singer

Alison Statter

Alona Tal

Ali Wentworth

Ari Dayan

Ari Greenburg

Arik Kneller

Ashley Levinson

Asif Satchu

Barbara Hershey

Barry Rosenstein

Beau Flynn

Ben Turner

Ben Winston

Ben Younger

Blair Kohan

Bobby Kotick

Brad Slater

Bradley Fischer

Bruna Papandrea

Cameron Curtis

Casey Neistat

Cazzie David

Charles Roven

Chris Fischer

Christian Carino

Cindi Berger

Claire Coffee

Craig Silverstein

Dan Aloni

Dan Rosenweig

Dana Goldberg

Dana Klein

Danny Strong

Daniel Palladino

Danielle Bernstein

Danny Cohen

Daphne Kastner

David Bernad

David Baddiel

David Ellison

David Gilmour &

Polly Sampson

David Goodman

David Joseph

David Kohan

David Lowery

Deborah Lee Furness

Deborah Snyder

Donny Deutsch

Doug Liman

Douglas Chabbott

Eddy Kitsis

Edgar Ramirez

Elizabeth Himelstein

Embeth Davidtz

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Erik Feig

Evan Jonigkeit

Evan Winiker

Francis Benhamou

Francis Lawrence

Fred Raskin

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Fotografiska New York, in collaboration with Mass Appeal, celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with "Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious". The exhibit explored the rich history and global impact of hip-hop, showcasing over 200 photos from 57 photographers who captured the genre's evolution from its origins in a Bronx basement in 1973 to its status as a global cultural phenomenon. The exhibit presented iconic, intimate portraits from its pioneers to the contemporary icons of current day. Co-curated by Sally Berman and Sacha Jenkins, the exhibit covered intersecting themes like the role of women in hip-hop, the genre's regional and stylistic diversification, its mainstream breakthrough, and the legacy of the 1970s-Bronx natives that played a role in hip-hop's inception.

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Missy Elliott, Photographed for Spin Magazine, New York City (1998) Photography by Christian Witkin

Visually Arresting Portraits of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stars

A new exhibition - Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious - at Fotografiska in New York explores hip-hop’s aesthetic evolution from 1972 to 2022 – here, co-curator Sacha Jenkins walks us through images from the show

Trick Daddy, Miami, FL (2004)Photography by Jonathan Mannion

Cardi B in Blue (2018) Photography by Christian Weber

Megan Thee Stallion posing for The Cut Magazine (2022) Photography by Campbell Addy

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Review: Much Like Biz Markie, 'All Up in the Biz' Is Larger Than Life

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‘All Up in the Biz’ Review: Showtime’s Biz Markie Documentary

Biz Markie’s death in 2021, at the way-too-young age of 57, robbed hip-hop — hell, robbed American music, period — of one of its most idiosyncratic and singular talents. “All Up in the Biz,” a new documentary directed by Sacha Jenkins, is a cogent, affectionate and largely apt tribute to Markie, the D.J. and rapper who was known as a gifted beatboxer. The documentary uses animation along with…