Category Archives: Race
How One Black Person Responds to “How Black People Use Twitter”
It was something in the title that first struck me, the blatant, definitive, all-inclusive sound of “black people” in the title of SLATE magazine’s “How Black People Use Twitter.” Apparently it was time, the editors decided, not only to focus … Continue reading
Filed under Class, memes, Race, Rants, Uncategorized
On True Blood: Long Live the King
I never ever thought I’d ever say this again, after pretty much writing off the show after one of the confusing and awful Maryanne-as-slave master episodes last season, but: I’m starting to really enjoy True Blood. It’s not that it’s … Continue reading
Filed under Race, True Blood, TV
Race, Fandom, and The Years of Living Mel-lessly
{I know the right way to approach the Mel Gibson story (if you don’t know about his racist, misogynistic outbursts caught on tape you might wanna read this first) is to be either hiply cynical (y’all sure he didn’t say … Continue reading
Filed under film, flicks, Race, Rants, Uncategorized
The Secret Life of Marketing?
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about “audience.” By which I mean, who buys what, and why do they buy it? Where do they buy it, and what gives them the idea to buy? I thought about this a few … Continue reading
