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Music


Pa’ la Putería: Tokischa and the Transgressive Art of Dominican Dembow
  Essay for Blackstar’s SEEN Issue 004, July 2022.


Love & Theft in Latin Music
  Essay exploring issues of appropriation within Latin music scenes for TIDAL, Sept. 2022. 


Spirit, Soul, Santería
    Feature including interviews with La Dame Blanche, Nitty Scott, and ÌFÉ for TIDAL, Dec. 2021.


Guaracha: Get to Know the Colombian Subgenre
    Feature highlighting producer Victor Cardenas and Farruko for TIDAL, Sept. 2021.


Raunchy Reinas: The Women Serving Up Sex-Positivity in Latin Music    Feature highlighting artists Tokischa, Gailen La Moyeta, and more for TIDAL, March 2021.

Kali Uchis: Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞
    Album review for Pitchfork, November 2020.


Latin Music’s Urbano Reckoning
   Essay for TIDAL, October 2020.


Loyal Lobos: Everlasting
    Album review for Pitchfork, August 2020.


J Balvin: Colores
    Album review for Pitchfork, March 2020.


Joyce Manor: A Million Dollars to Kill Me
    Album review for Paste Magazine, Sept. 2018.


The Shortcomings of “Woke” Music Videos
    Essay for Paste Magazine, Sept. 2018.


Blood Orange: Negro Swan Review
    Album review for Paste Magazine, Aug. 2018.


Lola Kirke: Heart Head West Review
    Album review for Paste Magazine, Aug. 2018.



Theater


Obscenity in ‘Slave Play’ Breaks White Discomfort—Or Confirms It?
   Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, Jan. 2019.


‘The Diana Tapes’ Is a Cautionary Tale for Our New Duchess
    Theater review in TDF’sSEEN, June 2018.


Whose Public?
    Essay in Confluence, May 2018.


How Two Friends Outgrow Each Other in ‘Disco Pigs’
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, Jan. 2018.


In ‘Charm,’ Characters Go Beyond What Meets the Eye
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, Sep. 2017.


In ‘Punto Ciego,’ Words Carry More Weight
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, August 2017.

‘Growing Up Gonzales’ Feels Like Home
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, July 2017.

‘Fulfillment Center’ Doesn’t Deliver on Its Title, But That’s the Point
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, July 2017.


‘Sweetee’ Is the Jam Sesh of All Jam Seshes
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, June 2017.

The World Doesn’t Stop for Death in ‘A Life’
    Theater review in TDF’s SEEN, Nov. 2016.


Film & TV


DOC NYC Film Review: ‘Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records’
    Film review in The Knockturnal, Nov. 2018.


Film Review: ‘Juliet, Naked’
    Film review in The Knockturnal, Aug. 2018.




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