Warning: This post contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is constantly expanding, introducing new superheroes and villains in every TV show or movie it puts out. With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now streaming on Disney+, viewers meet the latest threat to Wakanda, the underwater antagonist, Namor. Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler changes Namor’s origins, blending them with Mesoamerican cultures. Namor’s inclusion in the MCU has been hinted at since 2016, after it was announced that Marvel Studios had bought the rights to the character.
Each day, hundreds of millions of people document and share their experiences on social media, from packed parties to the most intimate family moments. Social platforms let us stay in touch with friends and forge new relationships like never before, but those increases in communication and social connection may come at a cost. In a new paper published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, researchers showed that those who documented and shared their experiences on social media formed less precise memories of those events.
However, as the world slowly emerged from the grip of the pandemic, people began to take an interest in other online activities. With this shift of interest, creators who have carved a niche in this category faced a new challenge of maintaining relevance and capturing their online audience’s attention with their dance content. One of those who succeeded and remained relevant is Tiwa Pever Anpee, or, as she’s known on Instagram, Lovie or ItsTiwa.
Last month, while giving a diversity-focused book talk at a Fortune 500 company’s headquarters in Washington, DC, we received a question that was all too familiar to us.
We had reached the Q&A section of the talk when an employee named Marissa, who identified herself as the chair of the company’s diversity committee, stood and said: “All of these diversity-related recruitment and collaboration suggestions sound great, and we are committed to integrating them into our practices.
But that's not where her talent ends. Parton may also have some serious culinary skills. A variety of cooking blogs like Chin Deep and bFeedme have shared what's reportedly Dolly Parton's recipe for a five-layer dinner casserole. We might not know for sure if Parton's ever made this dish, but following Chin Deep's version of the recipe, I tried making the dish myself to find out if the queen of country may also be the queen of cooking.