Allo! 👋🏿 As well as chatting about hair, irl I also love dancing African American Vernacular Jazz. Imagine 1930s and 40s, vintage, swing time, big band vibe. I have a complicated relationship with it, so made this zine at the @grrrlzinefair artist residency back in Dec! It's a Black dance but a v white scene. And being a dark skinned Black woman dancing a dance in a majority white space that borrows from a time where Black people, Black women and especially dark skinned women were consistently persecuted is...WHEW!! (Even when Black women were given stage time back then, colourism made sure lighter skinned Black women were upfront - think paper bag tests...) Anyways, I am grateful to the Black women who have and continue to do the ting! Especially @cookiesjammin @marieswingjazzdance and lots more ❤️
