PinnedTressie McMillan Cottom·Oct 7, 2020Metaphor, 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…A response icon12A response icon12
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Feb 8, 2021This 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…A response icon4A response icon4
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Jan 25, 2021Breaking 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…A response icon37A response icon37
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Jan 13, 2021We 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…A response icon6A response icon6
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Jan 4, 2021The 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…A response icon12A response icon12
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Dec 21, 2020Reading 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Dec 11, 2020We 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…A response icon25A response icon25
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Dec 7, 2020The 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…A response icon3A response icon3
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Nov 28, 2020“Comedians Are The NYT Columnists of Entertainment”That is how my friend and comedian Brandi put it to me.A response icon7A response icon7
Tressie McMillan Cottom·Nov 13, 2020The 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…A response icon20A response icon20
