I’m an actress. Y’all have heard me announce this 8 billion times (and honestly probably will 8 billion more times #sorrynotsorry). But stick with me, there’s a point to this one. I’m an actress, writer, a bit of a perfectionist, and a know-it-all (I’ve accepted this about myself. I call myself an “actually kid”*). The problem? I can’t watch any movie, tv show, commercial, or theatre or read a book piece without critiquing it. I’m constantly aware of things like costume desig

So I think I’ve got to get this off my chest before my brain will let me write anything else. Straight Outta Compton was Amazing! Like the night after I saw it I dreamt that I was telling people they had to go see it because it’s a great film. No I’m not a hardcore hip-hop head (or even a mild one) so that aspect didn’t hit me as hard as it does some. What I definitely am though is a movie lover and, more than that, a black person in America. This is such a well-structured, b

“I know I’m not Dionne but I’m at least Cher.” Chatting with my friends I brought up which character I thought I would be in the timeless classic Clueless. I honestly thought I was a Cher who just needed a bit of a wardrobe update. Simultaneous “Da fuq?” looks were their responses (I swear my friends really do love me). I wasn’t Cher they agreed, I was Tai. (Stylin & profilin…oy…) Tai? No way. I’m clever, and pretty, and have an individualized sense of style, and oh my God th