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ZORA’s Weekend Roundup
Everything we’re reading, listening to, binge-watching, and scouting out
Surf: Thehistorymakers.org. This seminal project aims to capture the largest African American oral history archive of women in the 20th century and beyond. It’s cool to explore the living legacies of women — many of whom are not household names — who deserve their flowers. Requires membership. — Vanessa K. De Luca, editor in chief
Listen: Anita Baker’s Rapture. I scored one of two vinyl copies during my visit to the Reparations Club, a Black-woman-owned market place in Los Angeles, last week. I’ll cue up the record player for hits like “Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year),” “Sweet Love,” “You Bring Me Joy,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture,” and will croon along. Ad-libs and all. — Christina Tapper, deputy editor
Watch: 90 Day Fiancé — This phenomenon of a show is addicting. Each couple consists of one American and a foreigner. They have 90 days to marry after the foreigner moves to the United States so that that person can get the K-1 visa. As you can expect, this is not nearly enough time to get to know someone and the shenanigans begin. Quality (trash) television. — Morgan Jerkins, senior editor
Read: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Pet follows Jam, a Black trans teen living in the fictional city of Lucille where they have…
