Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Album (2022)

A little over a year later, I’d like to return to the topic of Black nightlife — motivated by the recent release of Beyoncé’s Renaissance album. 

This post isn’t meant to be a contrarian diatribe. I know Beyoncé is a talented musician and I admire her artistic accomplishments — especially her live perfor

https://lunastationquarterly.com/beyonces-renaissance-album-2022/

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Notes on Mermaids and Passing As Human

 
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
— Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man, Epistle II”
 

There’s much to say about the allegorical poten

http://lunastationquarterly.com/notes-on-mermaids-and-passing-as-human/

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Daddy’s Dying: Notes on ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

Beasts of the Southern Wild (dir. Benh Zeitlin, 2012) wasn’t originated by Black people, and the play that inspired it — Lucy Alibar’s Juicy and Delicious (2007) — didn’t foresee a main cast of Black people, but this film adaptation

http://lunastationquarterly.com/daddys-dying-notes-on-beasts-of-the-southern-wild/

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Worldbuilding in Sade’s Music Videos

Sade (woman and band) is a fantasy artist. I wouldn’t be the person or writer I am today without their music videos, which were among my first lessons in worldbuilding. Every Sade video is a terrarium — a romantic microcosm with its own textu

http://lunastationquarterly.com/worldbuilding-in-sades-music-videos/

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