Articles by Jordan Kauwling

 The other night I was watching the 2006 Darren Aronofsky film The Fountain. It’s about a guy who travels across time and space to reunite with his great love. Or maybe it’s more a travel of the mind. I’m not sure. It’s an Aronofsky film so it’s beautiful and grand and also a little bit up its own ass.  [READ MORE]

 This week, Tre’vell and Jarrett kick off part one of our three-part series about how Black America grapples with the parts of Black nostalgia some deem too problematic to enjoy. In 2017 Issa Rae said this…The subtext to this declaration of Black solidarity includes the fact that while the Black collective may be “rooting for everybody Black” we weren’t talking about just anybody.  [READ MORE]

 The mid-season finale of OWN’s hit show, Queen Sugar, is tonight and VSB had the opportunity to speak with Kofi Siriboe on his breakout role as Ralph-Angel, toxic masculinity and why for come he couldn’t have been in every scene in Girls Trip.  [READ MORE]