Celebrity · Posted 33 minutes ago "Queenie" Is A Love Letter To Sisterhood And Ending The Strong Black Woman Archetype "It humanizes Black women. We don't do that often in art." by Morgan Murrell BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Hulu / Onyx Collective Despite evoking both myth and reality, Black women have been actively working toward retiring the "strong Black woman" archetype.
While often glorified as a symbol of resilience, the label was forced upon Black women as a way to overlook their pain and needs. Well, Queenie is here to shake things up and show the beauty of vulnerability in a world where we're expected to suppress our emotions. Queenie , based on Candice Carty-Williams’s 2019 novel of the same name, recently premiered on Hulu in collaboration with the Onyx Collective, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Queenie follows the life of a 25-year-old Jamaican woman named Queenie Jenkins as she navigates life living in London. After a messy breakup with her boyfriend, who happens to be white, Queenie tries to find balance within her life as she jumps back into the dating scene, attempts to move up in her career, and comes to terms with her childhood trauma, all while still being present for her friends. I sat down with Candice and lead actors Dionne Brown (Queenie) and singer Bellah (who plays Queenie’s best friend Kyazike) to discuss the series, sisterhood, and the importance of allowing Black women to feel.
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