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I cannot believe this is network television OMG Holy. Moly. Oh. My. God. I cannot believe the Rona means I cannot watch this in a safe physical space with my

I cannot get over this thread.https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1318377113037189121 The gist seems to be that masturbating on work calls is unavoidable and totally understandable and during a U.S. election maybe even necessary. As

I am not qualified to debate journalistic ethics of essays or crowd-sourced lists and what have you. But I know a little bit about norms. There is no norm that

There is undoubtedly a link between white poverty and white identity crisis but there are a couple problems here. First, there is the rather gross subjective assessment of this person’s

Woohoo, new ⁦@DissentMag⁩ issue just dropped. I join some great thinkers with a piece on the hustle economy. I have to thank @moiragweigel for the invitation to a Radcliffe workshop

I recently diatribed on the difference between journalistic storytelling and sociological storytelling and this is case in point. Sociological storytelling finds an interesting story in a representative case rather than

And the meathead in an elevator who refused to social distance or wear a mask wants to fight me so I mayyyy need bail money. Because I talk back. Standby.

I just published Post-It Dreamshttps://link.medium.com/YNWhXe9X29 I have been thinking about the Post-it notes detail in Rukmini Callimachi's story on Breonna Taylor ever since it was published.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/u

You can know that your life is worthless, except as a vessel for politics and extraction. Seeing how true that is never gets easier. I *know*, deeply, that I am

So ⁦@RissiPalmer⁩ introduced me to this song and to Patty Griffin on her new show, Color Me Country (BIPOC in country!) and I had to pull over to cry.https://music.apple.com/us/album/sweet-lorraine/1440924336?i=1440924830 Wrecked

Vivian has decided to work part time at a school program that helps the kids who are doing online classes. I am so so so sorry. LOL My mother is

I cannot do this. I already don’t want to leave my house because I think white people are at a dangerous tipping point.https://twitter.com/trevondlogan/status/1298704946196557824 I legitimately believe that this all gets