Oh, look—it’s me doing what I do best: talking about Black lady stuff in a few (belated) pieces over at The Ringer.
The Top 100 Beyonce Songs. In conjunction with the release of Black Is King, I ranked Ms. Knowles’ top 100 solo songs and only got lightly dragged on Twitter.
Getting to the Meaning of Mariah Carey. In my third (!) piece about my favorite diva, I dug into her years of misrepresentation and feeling misunderstood, which she’s sought to rectify through her delicious new memoir.
60 Songs That Explain the 90s: “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Now a certifiable Mariah expert, I was a guest on Rob Harvilla’s podcast to talk about her most famous, most seasonally ubiquitous song—and even coined the term “Mariah Justice Warrior”—a thing I am not (yet).