Asian-American actress, rapper, and internet personality Nora Lum, best known by her stage name Awkwafina (Photo credit: Flickr/Casi Moss)
TODAY’S MUST-READ NEWS AND ANALYSIS
- Hundreds of immigrant children are being secretly moved into a barren Texas tent city. [New York Times]
- Anita Hill notes juxtaposition between Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s calm, professional demeanor and Brett Kavanaugh’s emotional outburst. [US News]
- Roman Polanski announces new film about a man wrongfully accused, and we’re already gagging. [Vanity Fair]
- Two sexual assault survivors convince Senator Jeff Flake to delay Kavanaugh confirmation vote. [New York Post]
- Let’s talk about the hypocrisy of who is allowed to perform anger. Hint: It’s men. [New York Times]
- What it’s like to live in a chronically ill body that “can’t be fixed.” [Buzzfeed News]
- How in the hell is Awkwafina the first Asian woman to host Saturday Night Live in nearly 20 years? [Paper Mag]
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YESTERDAY FROM BITCH
- Backtalk: We Said #MeToo, Now What? | From public radio to the Supreme Court, what can a true reckoning with misogyny and abuse look like? [Amy Lam]
- Douchebag Decree: For All the Angry Men Who Don’t Believe Women | Things unraveled spectacularly when it came time for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to testify. [Dahlia Balcazar]
