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Libra Season Happenings
What I've been up to + upcoming events
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Big News and Big Thanks
I thought about burying the lede to make you really work for it, you know? But, we aren’t that kind of community. It has been announced today that I am…
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Lauren Garcia
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Diddy, Love, and Writing The Near-Present
What I’ve been doing on my summer vacation + writing about pop culture for pop-culture mags and the meaning of the “near-present.”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Financial Advice for People With Cousins
Getting past the discomfort of talking about money to have a real talk about money
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Speaking of Tenure …
The manifold credentials of Black women, the ultimate “professional professionals.”
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Let’s Talk About Tenure
Black women scholars + Why the institution cannot love you
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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The Very Real Social Problem of Ugly Discrimination
Racial capitalism and beauty + David Brooks and lookism
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
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