I went to the movies and wrote about it!
This review is late. I have had a bit of a hard time writing about Straight Outta Compton. In the spirit of fairness, I should confess to a major bias I have against this biopic…
My vagina. I own one. And she sincerely wanted this movie to go fuck itself…
(This is a real book that has nothing to do with N.W.A)
Straight Outta Compton put into context why, as a woman, it is frequently hard to love hip hop. Hip hop is a boyfriend with really shitty friends. Some of his friends are cool, and you think about fucking them when you guys break up ( Hi Mos Def/Yasiin Bey!)… But some of his friends will never be allowed to come over, because they call you bitch, rampantly cheat on their girls, and encourage the systemic abuse of women of colour…. And when you complain to your man about them, he’s…
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