Heads Up, Media: Racism is Not a "Controversy": Is all this bad news lowering the bar?
Why are we seeing some of the most disturbing revelations of racism, xenophobia, and hate speech filed neatly away under the vague header of “controversy”?
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Shedding (Moon)Light on Toxic Masculinity: The Problem is Homophobia, not Gay Characters
Gay Black men are not a problem. Toxic masculinity, however, is. And the twisted view of manhood festering in some traditionalist corners is damaging to all Black men—as well as to women and girls.
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Soft Serve : The Media Normalization of Mike Pence
It’s one (terrible and ill-advised) thing to politely pretend that Pence’s tenure in Indiana wasn’t uniformly awful for anyone who wasn’t Mike Pence. It’s another to rewrite history.
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March Madness: Marketing Women's History Month
Since January, my inbox has been brimming with press releases for female-specific products and services described with one or more of the following terms: “revolution,” “empowering,” “strong,” “confident,” and “kickass.”
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Backtalk: Milo's Demise & Vogue's Yellowface
Dahlia and Amy take small pleasures wherever they can get them, such as celebrating the public downfall of famed conservative troll, Milo Yiannopoulos. Writer Roxane Gay, who pulled her book from publishing with Simon & Schuster after they announced a book deal with Yiannopoulus, warns... Read more »
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
It’s not a great time to be Milo Yiannopoulos.
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NBC and the Manufacturing of Donald Trump
The Apprentice groomed millions of future voters to believe that women and people of color are less competent than white men, who are natural leaders; business ethics are a joke; gratuitous offensiveness is admirable honesty; and Trump’s judgment matters more than anyone else’s.
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The Worst 100 Days: Make "Alternative Facts" Lies Again
In a postfactual world, the question of how to report, broadcast, and process news is more pressing than ever.
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Jeff Sessions is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Jeff Sessions’s strategy at his confirmation hearing was to approach every question with a nice voice and a smile, praise for his questioners, careful phrasing, and a conveniently foggy memory.
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Awards Shows Still Have a Sofia Vergara Problem, and It Needs to Stop
In 2017, it’s not okay to make jokes about the thick accents and thick brains of Spanish-speaking immigrants, but that didn’t stop the writers of the Golden Globes.
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