“Child’s Play” and Relationships with Rappers

In his 2016 song “Child’s Play”, Drake explores the complications of his relationships with women given his status in the music industry, boasting about how easy it is for him to buy expensive things to impress one nameless woman in particular. Drake details how he could “take you to the mall and get you a…

Blackness as Magic Ignored

In the scene where Miz Fitzhugh drops by on Christmas, Indigo blows Miz Fitzhugh out the door after becoming angry with her comments. Miz Fitzhugh has made another attempt to take a sort of patronizing ownership of the accomplishments and the personhood of the family when she says, “Why Hilda, you know I feel like…