You're walking down the block, holding your [bleep]

[koganbot]

Holy moly:

KEKE PALMER TO PLAY ROXANNE SHANTÉ

"Roxanne's Revenge (Original-Street Version)" (Watch on YouTube)

(When I first heard this track - midnight on WRKS, 1984 - it was like another planet had been revealed beneath what we thought was our own. It turned out that where we'd been living was just scaffolding.)

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[petronia.livejournal.com]

Thought you'd like to hear about this.

[koganbot]

I remember being thrilled when I read about her Ph.D. on Wikipedia, but this fleshes it out. I'm impressed with the ethics of what she's doing, among other things.

[koganbot]

Slate challenges the Daily News story.

h/t dubdobdee