Melanie Ernestina
Bio
An Afro-Latina that has a few things to say.
Stories (12/0)
what to consider after the storm...
It was funny, and dark in the context of the sketch when Key and Peele said it, but it’s true. Black people are not a monolith (a large and impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as intractably indivisible and uniform.) No one is.
By Melanie Ernestinaabout a year ago in Motivation
Forget #CAMP of the Met Gala...
While we are all tripping over ourselves with a moderately disappointing Met Gala Ball hosted by the esteemed Anna Wintour each year, other gala's of fashion are worth our attention, too. Don't get me wrong, I live for the Met event every year and I am always most fascinated with who is ACTUALLY ON THEME and what amazing looks they come up with. But this isn't the only high fashion event that deserves our attention.
By Melanie Ernestina5 years ago in Styled
Close to You
A bare stage. Slowly, a single pool of light to the far left side lights up. It is a perfect circle. Gradually, the intensity of the light brightens, threatening to blind us for a moment until it dims down to tolerance. We wait for a minute until a second pool of light comes up in line with the first on the right side of the stage. This does the same as the first light, brightening with much intensity but then returns to tolerance. Finally, the last pool of light glows in between the others far upstage and center, to reveal the silhouette of A NAKED MAN standing in a tub of water. His back is turned to us. The NAKED MAN can be a father, a brother, a lover, a rapist, or a photographer. We don’t know. What we do know is that the light he is in doesn’t get brighter. It just obeys the laws of darkness, and is barely lit, leaving the man in an uncomfortable night. From stage left, A GIRL walks in backwards, holding an empty leash in her left hand and a basket in the other. She seems to be looking for something, or searching for someone—perhaps the animal that belongs on the leash, or the food that belongs in the basket. This too, we do not know. What we do know is that the basket is white, and the leash is white with red. Both were made to be white, but a crimson design lives on the collar of the leash. The crimson is blood. A GIRL steps into the first stage left pool of light, and blinks eight times in an attempt to clear her vision. She inhales deeply. The sound of her inhale is magnified, and the tiny breath can be heard from six directions. A DRUNK enters from upstage, passes the NAKED MAN, and joins the GIRL, dressed in an elegant evening gown made of green silk. Her wet hair hangs on her cheeks, and she appears to be very pregnant, stretching the delicate fabric too thin around her swollen belly. The two speak.
By Melanie Ernestina5 years ago in Viva
- Top Story - September 2019
Tracks and Tube
Let me first start off by saying, because my boyfriend is gonna feel some type of way if I don't, that I was not immediately sold on this show from the first three episodes. The beginning formula felt wrong. Like, yeah, it was a cute show and it had a POC cast that I'm always happy to see. But it was just a little odd at first because it has this weird Nickelodeon/Degrassi vibe. Like, it's too adult to be on regular television but it felt like Dan Schnieder from Nickelodeon had produced it. (Which he doesn't need to do anything involving children ever again.) Luckily, Dan's hands are nowhere near this project, but Eddie Gonzales and his team are heading this one up. Eventually, once we got past these episodes, the tone of the show began to shift and finally settle into a more mature script that allowed me to continue watching.
By Melanie Ernestina5 years ago in Geeks
Bed Peace
There was something in his kiss that told me that it would be our last. It would be the last time that we lie in bed together like this, his hand on the smalls of my back, my head resting delicately on his chest, his heartbeat echoing in my right ear. He breathed calmly. I sometimes tried to match my breaths with his. I couldn’t. His tranquility was far from mine.
By Melanie Ernestina5 years ago in Humans
'Guava Island'
Donald Glover, also known as the "blerd" boy rapper Childish Gambino, dropped a short film for Coachella 2019 by the name of Guava Island, which Amazon Prime Video then released on April 13th, 2019, two days after the Coachella reveal. Written by his younger brother, Stephen Glover and co-starring Rihanna, Guava Island tells a unique 55 minute story of characters Deni and Kofi on a little island in the Caribbean oppressed by a brutish yet stylish villain, Red.
By Melanie Ernestina5 years ago in Geeks
