What’s a recent moment in media where you felt that particular pleasure? Drop it in the replies. 👇🏾
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And beyond the screen? Music, podcasts, YouTube, and social media have become playgrounds for Black women’s unfiltered pleasure. Think of the viral laughter on The Read , the genre-bending audacity of Doja Cat or Tems, the cinematic decadence of Janelle Monáe, or the cozy, unbothered energy of cooking videos from Black women creators. This is entertainment that doesn’t beg for permission. It commands attention with a smirk. What’s a recent moment in media where you
What makes it so pleasurable is the specificity. When a show nails the inside joke between two Black girlfriends—the look, the mmm , the unspoken summary of a whole man’s audacity—that’s not just comedy. That’s culture. That’s recognition. And that kind of recognition, delivered with style and humor, is a form of joy that mainstream media is only now catching up to. Music, podcasts, YouTube, and social media have become
Yes, there’s still work to be done. Black women in media still face pay gaps, creative gatekeeping, and the exhausting expectation to be “excellent” just to be considered average. But the pleasure is in the resistance, too. Every time a Black woman creates a messy, beautiful, imperfect character or song or scene on her own terms, she reclaims the narrative.
So here’s to the pleasure of watching Black women laugh loudly, love badly, dress extravagantly, fail publicly, succeed quietly, and take up space—unapologetically. That’s not just good entertainment. That’s necessary joy.