PinnedMetaphor, 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, 2020A response icon12Oct 7, 2020A response icon12
This 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, 2021A response icon4Feb 8, 2021A response icon4
Breaking 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, 2021A response icon37Jan 25, 2021A response icon37
We 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, 2021A response icon6Jan 13, 2021A response icon6
The 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, 2021A response icon13Jan 4, 2021A response icon13
Reading 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, 2020A response icon2Dec 21, 2020A response icon2
We 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, 2020A response icon22Dec 11, 2020A response icon22
The 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, 2020A response icon3Dec 7, 2020A response icon3
“Comedians Are The NYT Columnists of Entertainment”That is how my friend and comedian Brandi put it to me.Nov 28, 2020A response icon7Nov 28, 2020A response icon7
The 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, 2020A response icon20Nov 13, 2020A response icon20
