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proud to announce that i will be releasing my first self published novella, you're not crucial. it's been a long and hard journey but it is finally here and ready to be shared with the world. i will give more details when the release date comes closer. thank you guys so much for your support!

update! so i ended up changing the front cover slightly, but the book is in fact called “you’re not crucial”  the cover is not a typo! it's supposed to say "hot" instead of "not". the cover says not because it's symbolism for how the job as an extra sells you an idea that this will be your big break, but when you get to set you realize it's anything but.

i will give more updates as the days pass! thank you so much!

hi everyone, the book is now available for purchase!!!! both digital and physical copies!

Toni Braxton as Belle

Brandy as Cinderella

Precious Adams as Aurora

Angel Coulby as Guenivere

Lashana Lynch as Rosaline Capulet

Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte

Sophie Okonedo as Margaret of Anjou

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn

Alexandra Metz as Rapunzel

Ciara Renee as Elsa

Aisha Jackson as Anna

Brittney Johnson as Glinda

Denée Benton as Cinderella

Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy

Danielle Brooks as Beatrice

Misty Copeland as Odette

Stephanie Mills as Dorothy

Ashanti as Dorothy

Shanice Williams as Little Red Riding Hood

Keke Palmer as Cinderella

Jade Jones as Belle

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION ★ Day 1: Favorite Celebrity ↳ Janelle Monáe

Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye’s Watermelon Woman is a super meta-narrative, where we follow Cheryl Dunye as she is producing a documentary on the old Hollywood, black female actress, Fae Richards. The film crosses shot footage and narrative footage, where either the characters are aware they are on film or not. 

The mystery of Fae Richards drives this film, while we are simultaneously shown the life of Cheryl Dunye. Cheryl is forced to hunt down information on a black actress, for, in her work, she is only referred to as the watermelon woman. The searching process brings to light the erasure of black women’s impact on film, second to men, and white women. Another big part of this film is queerness. Both Fae and Cheryl are queer black women, and interestingly enough, both date white woman at some point. However, for Fae, it is her white partner who is recognized for her work.

At the end of the film, it is revealed that Fae isn’t real. However, she kind of is. She is the black female queer artist, often forgotten and disregarded. She represents those black artists, filmmakers, actresses whose lives are defined by the stereotype they play on screen. Like Julie Dash’s Illusions, we see the recreation of a narrative to make up for the erasure of black narratives.