Episode 217: Doreen St. Felix

Published: Oct. 26, 2016, 6:18 p.m.

b'Doreen St. F\\xe9lix is a writer at MTV News.\\n\\n \\u201cIt feels like there are images of black utopias that are arising. And you can\\u2019t\\u2014even if you\\u2019re not as superstitious as me\\u2014you can\\u2019t possibly think that that doesn\\u2019t have to do with the decline, the final, to me, last gasp of white supremacy. It really does feel like we\\u2019re approaching that, [but] that approach might be a thousand years.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp, Texture, Harry\\u2019s, and HelloFresh, for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n@dstfelix\\n[7:45] "\'Empire\\u2019 Season 2, Episode 8: Hakeem, No Lyon" (New York Times \\u2022 Nov 2015)\\n[10:30] "Jennifer Lawrence: \'Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?\'" (Jennifer Lawrence \\u2022 Lenny \\u2022 Oct 2015)\\n[11:30] "Out of Print: The Fultz Quadruplets" (Lenny \\u2022 Feb 2016)\\n[16:15] "The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna" (Pitchfork \\u2022 Apr 2015)\\n[18:30] "On Carefree Black Boys" (MTV News \\u2022 Sep 2016)\\n[22:00] "In Solange\\u2019s Room" (MTV News \\u2022 Oct 2016)\\n[23:30] "The Ecstasy of Frank Ocean" (MTV News \\u2022 Aug 2016)\\n[24:30] "A Love Profane" (MTV News \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\n[26:00] The Birth of a Nation\\n[30:00] Atlanta\\n[30:00] Moonlight\\n[31:00] Queen Sugar\\n[35:30] "An Honest Conversation with Solange Knowles" (Anupa Mistry \\u2022 Fader \\u2022 Sep 2016)\\n[36:00] "Filmmaker Letter: Moonlight" (Barry Jenkins \\u2022 Landmark Theatres \\u2022 Oct 2016)\\n[40:30] "The Gospel According to Kirk Franklin" (MTV News \\u2022 Oct 2016)\\n[40:45] "Ratology" (New Yorker \\u2022 Nov 2015)\\n[48:00] "The only thing \\u2018uncivilised\\u2019 about Ray Kelly\\u2019s talk at Brown was inviting him" (Guardian \\u2022 Oct 2013)\\n[54:00] "North West and Blue Ivy Carter Have Never \\u2018Played Together,\\u2019 Says Kanye West" (Josh Duboff \\u2022 Vanity Fair \\u2022 Oct 2016)\\n[1:00:00] Speed Dial\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'