What’s really wonderful about Good Hair is the fact that Chris Rock enters into it (even if it’s just for the sake of the film) as someone who hadn’t given the issue much thought, much less considered it an issue, which mirrors the “anyone who’s not black” perspective. And he prefaces it with the story of his little daughter asking about “good hair,” so she was in my mind throughout the journey of the doc. The film microscopes over something we take for granted and manages to communicate something very big and human and universal. It’s so well done and changed everything for me.
I’m in the new Gossip Video. Kansas City Fresh! Directed by Cody Critcheloe and Justin Kelly. Beth Ditto’s amazing clothes are Peggy Noland originals. If you want to see my butt check it out! Bonus: I throw up on myself.
Considering the fact that I’ve perceived myself as a cartoon ever since I can remember perceiving of myself, I’ve made a new page called, What I Did Last Month where I illustrate moments that I experienced the month before. Please click icon above to see it.
I turned on Nights in Rodanthe on cable one night when I was ovulating and there was a scene where the lady was frustrated by her nearly grown kids and soon to be ex-husband. She was with Richard Gere in her kitchen. I got the sense that they were just getting to know each other. They were drinking whiskey, and getting a little crazy. She put on a Motown record. She let out her frustrations by throwing away canned foods that her friend had kept in the pantry for too long. Richard Gere egged her on and clapped each time she threw a can in the trash. The next scene was of her in the morning with a hangover taking the cans out of the trash and putting them back into the pantry. It made me want to blow a stranger in a parking lot for crack money.
