Check out The Bigger Picture from @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifw Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani American teenager named Kamala Khan, is the latest superhero to join the Marvel Universe. Her superpower? Family bangles that carry the strength and power of intergenerational knowledge passed down by her grandmother from Pakistan. But a lot of […]
#queer #bigmouth #pansexual Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. All fabulous identities along with many more that are housed under the LGBTQIA+ community. And yet, in recent film and TV, there’s one identity that has been particularly visible: pansexuality. Professor Bainbridge along with special guests Megan Townsend and Fran Tirado take a look […]
Historian’s Take director, Dolly Li, and historian, Danielle Bainbridge, sit down to talk about the pressures of having to adjust your accent. This is bonus material from our first episode on Blaccent: https://youtu.be/8mXaccYFKRQ
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There’s a long history of blind Black musicians in the US dating back to the 19th century, from Blind Tom to Ray Charles. Join recording artist Lachi and Professor Danielle Bainbridge to discuss the history on why blindness seems like a common thread among Black musicians. And how modern musicians […]
Why do Black audiences love kung fu? Perhaps it’s because Black kung fu films reigned in the 1970s – a fusion of Blaxploitation and kung fu where protagonists took justice into their own hands…in style! These films were wildly popular, a welcome response to the anger many people felt against […]
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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything When did tattoos shift from counterculture to mainstream? Are they okay? At what point is your tattoo considered cultural appropriation? Explore these […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Why does the government care about race? If we’re all more than our race, why is the federal government keeping track of […]
