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August 2021

July 2021

Financial Advice for People With Cousins
Getting past the discomfort of talking about money to have a real talk about money
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
Speaking of Tenure …
The manifold credentials of Black women, the ultimate “professional professionals.”
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
Let’s Talk About Tenure
Black women scholars + Why the institution cannot love you
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Very Real Social Problem of Ugly Discrimination
Racial capitalism and beauty + David Brooks and lookism
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Blind Spots of the White Gaze
Reviewing Savala Nolan's excellent 'Don't Let It Get You Down' in NYTBR + the Black essay is having a moment.
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
My Marriage Ideal (Yes, I Have One)
On bingeing Canadian detective shows + finding the perfect marriage in fiction
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
Not Married to Marriage Culture
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
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom
Cracking the Medical Code
Pelletown signaling + The Everyday Healthcare Tax
 • Tressie McMillan Cottom

June 2021

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