12
Jun
On Christmas cards, #MeToo, and feminism.
I am sitting at my kitchen bar with a lemon Perrier bottle next to my laptop on faux marble counters.
3 min read
current affairs
12
Jun
Vive la France! Or why I fly the French flag.
Why would I go to the funeral of a friend or relative but not all of the funerals happening in
5 min read
12
Jun
On N.W.A., truth in journalism, and free speech.
I don’t know why I am so interested in social justice. I don’t know why I am so
2 min read
12
Jun
When you're in love with a black baby.
She got on the Number 13 at 2nd and Galer. A white woman and a little black boy. You don’
5 min read
12
Jun
White sugar. White backlash.
I think Ferguson could use a little Nina Simone right now. Less backlash, more sugar.
Simone was born Eunice Kathleen
1 min read
12
Jun
An open letter to NPR about the pay gap, inspired by Jill Abramson.
I have been holding this post inside my head (and heart) for years, and in my WordPress queue for months.
5 min read
12
Jun
On Macklemore, white privilege, and being clueless at Princeton.
Dear Privileged-at-Princeton: You. Are. Privileged. And Meritocracy Is a Myth.
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege?
Maybe it’s because Bria
2 min read
12
Jun
Weiwei-isms, a Sazerac, and the West Village.
Sitting on a bar stool in the dark, red light of The Spotted Pig in the West Village. Drinking ale
1 min read
12
Jun
How colonial social media gave us the Star-Spangled Banner.
An amazing rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner by seven-year old (!!) Rhema Marvanne.
Equally amazing rendition by Jordan Shelton, winner of
2 min read
12
Jun
On Wild Things, atheism, and crushes on humanity.
In my most recent AIGA webinar, which aired last week, I mentioned how design research is like having a crush
1 min read