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SZA’s The Weekend Video: On Celebrating Black Girls Even if We’re Doing Safe and Basic, Which We Never Do. Because Black Girls

December 23, 2017

Reasons I'm here for SZA's The Weekend video directed by Solange. 1) A Black girl is centered for 4 minutes and 9 seconds. Just her. 2) SZA teaching and preaching with the dancing. Y'all know how I feel about dancing as a means to positive body image and self-esteem. I recommend doing it naked. Often. 3) SZA dancing by, and for, herself. Even as we watch, it's clear SZA isn't dancing for the gaze(s). None of them. Not whiteness. Not men. Not even fans. We should take note. 4) I'm[...]

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