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How Halle Berry became my “celebrity beard” as a repressed gay Black kid in the early 2000s | Pop Queen Journal

Halle Berry talks playing Storm in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014) at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

BY DERON DALTON Growing up in the ‘90s means I got to experience the “Golden Age” of Black Hollywood. Of course, at that time—like today and most definitely before the ‘90s—there was a lack of representation of Black actors and filmmakers in Hollywood. Though also like nowadays, Black cinema—hood movies, comedies, family dramas, romances and […]

What Is Black Joy, and How Is It Connected to Juneteenth? | Everyday Health

June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., but for many, it’s also a celebration of Black history, culture, and joy. Photo courtesy of Everyday Health; Getty Images; iStock.

By Deron Dalton Nearly a decade ago, between 2013 and 2014, the most recent stage in Black liberation began with the Black Lives Matter hashtag, network, and movement — often mistakenly thought to center on the community seeking justice for Black men who were killed at the hands of police and state-sanctioned violence. Though this […]

7 Black Joymakers You Need to Know | Everyday Health

Joymakers encourage others to embrace joy as both resistance and self-care. Photo courtesy of Everyday Health; iStock.

By Deron Dalton Within the last decade, a movement amplifying Black voices and highlighting visualizations of Black joy has mobilized online and in real life. Largely a response to the perpetuation of images of Black pain and trauma on social media, the glimpses of joy provide a different — and previously lesser seen — view into everyday […]

Pa. community leader turned reading to children into a growing movement | PennLive

Floyd Stokes is the founder and executive director of the American Literacy Corporation (ALC) established in August of 2000, and wrote all the books on the top shelf at the East Shore Library in Lower Paxton Township, Pa., Feb. 16, 2021. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com

By Deron Dalton During Black History month, PennLive is paying tribute to the people who are helping shape what will some day be the history of the Black community in Central Pennsylvania. These are people who are examples of excellence, who inspire those around them for the work they do, the art they create, or […]

How ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ reshaped drag culture | The Tylt

Nina West shares her rise to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ superstardom | The Tylt’s Fiercely Fandom with Deron.

Season 11’s Miss Congeniality, Nina West, 42, auditioned nine times to be on the show before she made it on and slayed the 2019 season. On this episode of Fiercely Fandom with Deron., host Deron Dalton has a kiki with West about the ins and outs of "RuPaul's Drag Race," how the popular show changes the lives of the queens on it and nevertheless, the challenges drag queens are facing. Photo courtesy of The Tylt.

By Deron Dalton Season 11’s Miss Congeniality, Nina West, 42, auditioned nine times to be on the show before she made it on and slayed the 2019 season. On this episode of Fiercely Fandom with Deron., host Deron Dalton has a kiki with West about the ins and outs of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” how the […]