PinnedTressie McMillan CottomMetaphor, Mobility and ‘Genius’I know enough demography to know that I am a statistical outlier. My family is from rural, Eastern North Carolina. You do not have to be…Oct 7, 202011Oct 7, 202011
Tressie McMillan CottomThis Land Is Your LandIt’s been a busy week for country music and the post-Black Lives Matter, post-Trump, post-white-nationalists-insurrection America. Country…Feb 8, 20214Feb 8, 20214
Tressie McMillan CottomBreaking Up With White Supremacy Was Always The End GameEverywhere I look this week there is a story about how the recent Presidential contest slash white supremacist insurrection slash Trump…Jan 25, 202137Jan 25, 202137
Tressie McMillan CottomWe Pod Black?* Black Rhetoric & Podcasting During White ReclamationWhen the news broke on January 6, 2021 that the Capitol was “being besieged”, I was scheduled to be in my home studio. That is where I…Jan 13, 20216Jan 13, 20216
Tressie McMillan CottomThe Black Ton: From Bridgerton to Love & Hip-HopFor seven years or so now, my friend and I have been dishing about why so many Black women love regency-era romance. As it happens, that…Jan 4, 202113Jan 4, 202113
Tressie McMillan CottomReading About BeautyI wrote a short piece about Lizzo for Harper’s Bazaar this week. I have said it before and it remains true that nothing riles up readers…Dec 21, 20202Dec 21, 20202
Tressie McMillan CottomWe Need To Talk About Your Christmas “Decorations”People who follow me on @instagram know that I dabble in home design. In a hostile world, I choose to nest as radical praxis. People who…Dec 11, 202022Dec 11, 202022
Tressie McMillan CottomThe Art of the New Old SouthWe are living in one of the most generative eras of Southern cultural production since Dolly went pop and Designing Women said y’all once…Dec 7, 20203Dec 7, 20203
Tressie McMillan Cottom“Comedians Are The NYT Columnists of Entertainment”That is how my friend and comedian Brandi put it to me.Nov 28, 20207Nov 28, 20207
Tressie McMillan CottomThe Feminist Hallmark Movie UniverseIt is that time of the year. I am deep in my Hallmark Christmas movie grind. Between judging the banality of cults of femininity and…Nov 13, 202020Nov 13, 202020
