Alex's latest for Saint Heron, "Black In The Day: Women's History Month Edition"

Greetings. In his latest installment of his Black In the Day series for Saint Heron, Alex reflected on some of the ways womenfolk have made this world a less shitty place. 

"Welcome to Black In The Day, your monthly-ish serving of yesteryear’s magical, inimitable and unforgettable Blackety Blackness courtesy of Alexander Hardy.

With Women’s History Month coming to a close, on top of preserving our strength for an onslaught of April Foolery and tacky Easter looks, it’s important to gather to Hallelujah and Heel-toe in jubilation as thanks for all that womenfolk have done to make this swampdonkey-electing society less terrible while facing institutional hateration and structural inequality in the dancerie."

Read the rest over at Saint Heron.

Read his previous installments:

"Black in the Day: Back to School Edition"

"Black In the Day: The Black Joy Playlist"

"Black In the Day: The Self-Care Playlist"

"Black In The Day: Stage and Screen Mainstays"

"Black In The Day: Always Extra, Always On Point"

"Black In The Day: Black Excellence Express"

Alex's latest for Saint Heron: "Black In The Day: Back To School Edition"

In his latest installment of Black In The Day for Saint Heron, Alex reflected on some of the most memorable on-screen moments from Black academia's past. 

"As chirren, teachers, staff, parents, and administrators greet new year of adventure down at the schoolhouse, let’s take a look back pon some of the phattest and most memorable moments from Black academia’s past. When report cards and parent-teacher conferences roll around, you might might need some positivity to help keep hope alive.

Let’s start the moonwalk down Memory Lane with Spike Lee’s famous ode to collegiate colorism and intraracial hair hateration in Mission College’s dancerie, “Good and Bad Hair” from 1988’s School Daze. Though the film addresses apartheid, class issues, and misogyny with the help of a stellar cast of hella talented Chocolatey Wonders, it is the spite-filled salon showdown betwixt #teamlightskin and #teamcholocolatey that keeps me coming back to this movie because I love a grand dance scene. Long before she learned how to go to work on Myra’s feet, Tisha Campbell (Jane), She Who Would Become Whitley Gilbert, and the mostly fair-skinned Gamma Rays (the “Wannabe’s”) with “good hair” danced it out against the mahogany, natural haired so-called “Jigaboos,” trading brutal jabs and sickening 8-counts, proving that all skinfolk ain’t your kinfolk. That choreo is popping, though. Shoutout to Otis Sallid."

Read the rest over at Saint Heron.

Previous Black In The Day Installments:

Black In The Day: The Black Joy Playlist

Black In The Day: Self Care Playlist

Black In The Day: Stage and Screen Mainstays

Black In The Day: Always Extra, Always On Point

Black In The Day: Black Excellence Express