The "Off We Go" Edition

Dear Readers,

This week, off I go, negative Covid tests in hand, to a much-(Covid-)delayed first family wedding of the new generation.

I’m excited for this one, of course, because I happen to love the groom- and bride-to-be. TBH I certainly still don’t actually understand some of the longstanding rites and rituals or even some of the hoopla part. But I’m not gonna be a pill and go over the strange rituals that infantilize and fetishize cultural attributes we tend to shun in other aspects of our lives. Okay that already made me a pill. So I hereby commit to a long weekend of energetic fun, sun, love, happiness, support, letting loose, gabbing it up, all in support of a lifelong marriage filled with those very same things!

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See you next week from the Day After Wedding Brunch, the previous night’s glass having been smashed, and no doubt some guests, as well.

The Pic(k) of the Week:

Standing Your Ground While Black via The Cut

POLITICS:

History Shows Why It’s Time For A Black Woman To Sit On The Supreme Court via The Washington Post

A Supreme Court Front-runner Delivered A Big Victory To Federal Unions via Slate

Why Did Keisha Lance Bottoms Quit? via The Cut

THE ARTS & POP CULTURE:

Oprah Winfrey Reveals The Cast Of The Glorious ‘The Color Purple’ Musical Film via Vanity Fair

The Trailblazing Career of Black Winemaker Iris Rideau via The Los Angeles Times

Meet The Philly Teacher Who’s Namesake For Quinta Brunson’s ‘Abbott Elementary’ via The Philadephia Enquirer

British Vogue’s Momentous All African Cover via British Vogue

The Rebirth Of The Ebony Test Kitchen, A Home For Black Cuisine via The New Yorker

Rihanna and The Art Of The Pregnancy Portrait Shoot via The New York Times

SPORTS:

12 Outstanding, History-Making Black Winter Olympians USA People

OBITUARY:

Carol Speed: Vixen Of The Blaxploitation Era, Dies at 76 via The New York Times

AND ALSO SOME HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY:

The Midwives Of Liberation via Life Is A Sacred Text

Nora Holt: The Most Famous Woman You’ve Never Heard Of via The Atlantic

AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?:

Using Your Voice: That’s Poetry via TedToks