This year, when everyone thought she was a true frontrunner for the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, it still didn’t happen for her. But I’m BACK at it and ready to fight somebody over the fact that Angela Evelyn Bassett the Great is walking around having never won an Academy Award.ĪNGELA. I’ve already talked about how awards season is trash for consistently excluding Black actors. RANTĪngela Bassett not winning at the Oscars is disheartening. 👀Īnywho, let’s jump into what’s sitting on my spirit this week. And if you see me in these streets with dark circles, looking sleepy, just act like you didn’t. I won’t talk about how I’m doing none of those adequately. In between all of that, I’m tryna get sleep, stay hydrated and remember to use sunscreen. A couple highlights so far: getting the Black Enterprise Women of Power Luminary Award, alongside the illustrious Issa Rae AND participating in a moderated conversation with Diane von Furstenberg and Moira Forbes at Forbes’ 2023 Equal Pay Day Forum (you can watch the forum here). I’m behind on even posting about most things I’ve done because as soon as I finish one, I’m off to the next. When I tell you March Madness is in full swing? 😩 I’ve taken 6 flights in the last 2 weeks, and have flown coast to coast 2 times.

The audacity to be a queen