Stephanie Phillips

What did Beyoncé see in Julie Dash’s dreamlike 1990s indie gem Daughters of the Dust? Here’s our guide to this story of black womanhood and how it influenced Lemonade.

The history of punk is filled with genre-defying people of colour who have created new ways of approaching music, but they rarely get their fair due. This must change, argues Stephanie Phillips.

Meghan Markle: Is Britain ready for a mixed-race pr...

Joseph Fiennes' as Michael Jackson? Whitewashing ha...

The Tuts: The Girl Gang Everyone Wants to Be In « B...

Very few people have made such an impact on DIY punk music as guitarist and singer Rachel Aggs....

Stephanie Phillips explains why, in a year that's been scarier than any sci-fi, we need visions of a progressive future to make us feel safe again...

For many in the black community social media has given us a space where we can be as witty, honest and out there as we want but who is getting the recognition, and the cheque, for our creativity? B…...

by Stephanie Phillips It happens every year; the same time every year. We know it so well; the lead up, the commotion and the eventual indifference. Awards season is upon us and with that star-fill…...

When our modern definition of a rock star is clouded by white, middle class male egos driven need to be the only stars, who else should we look up to?

The stereotypes used are based on the traumatic and ugly history of prejudice and discrimination....