Tag: Michael B. Jordan

  • Just Mercy

    Just Mercy

    Reproductive justice. Climate justice. Food justice. Social justice. Append the word “justice” to any other word and you’ve got a ready-made brand platform for niche activism. As cultural forces shape the meaning of words over time, they risk losing their specificity and sharpness. The word “justice” risks dissipating into a partisan nebula. Depending which side…

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

    I didn’t expect to feel tears stream down my face so shortly into Black Panther, but within the first few minutes of the film, I was already impacted heavily. In this reflection, I would like to touch on a theme of the movie that is presented within the first few minutes of the film. By…

  • Creed

    Creed

    There’s a Simpsons gag* where Bart has to solve a puzzle using Roman numerals and he uses the only modern-day frame of reference he has: Rocky movie titles. The punchline, “Rocky VII: Adrian’s Revenge!” was funny because at the time there were only four Rocky movies and no one could imagine that stretching to seven…