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The manifold credentials of Black women, the ultimate “professional professionals.”
Jul 22Comment 16Share
Black women scholars + Why the institution cannot love you
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Racial capitalism and beauty + David Brooks and lookism
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Reviewing Savala Nolan's excellent 'Don't Let It Get You Down' in NYTBR + the Black essay is having a moment.
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On bingeing Canadian detective shows + finding the perfect marriage in fiction
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On Black women and the culture of marriage + 'Veil and Vow' by Aneeka Ayanna Henderson + Terry McMillan and the Black publishing boom of the ’90s
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Pelletown signaling + The Everyday Healthcare Tax
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Why I Hate* California*I don’t hate California per se. I am in L.A. for a few days for a work thing. I will tell y’all about it soon! For now, just know that it was a…
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All in With Chris Hayes talking about critical race theory and white moral panic.
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Going to Random House + "THICK" events
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On credentialed bullshitting + faux-intellectual home décor + racist science of the mind.
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TMItmi . too much information: used as a response to an inappropriate disclosure of personal information, or as a reaction to an overload of inform…
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