Posts tagged Roxane Gay
We Need to Talk About How We're Talking About That Slap

This week, much of the valid analysis about Will Smith, Chris Rock and that slap was overshadowed by an increasingly racist discourse. We should probably talk about it, huh?

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Oh Good, We’re Still Talking About the “Sanctity of Comedy” 🙄

From Dave Chappelle to David Zucker, the writer and director of Airplane!, there’s been a lot of mansplaining about comedy this week, and I’m just going to spend this newsletter shutting it down, if that’s okay.

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The Conversation We Should Have Had About Letitia Wright’s Anti-Vax Tweet

Black Panther actor Letitia Wright posted a transphobic, inaccurate anti-vax video last week—and instead of talking about medical racism, we’re talking about cancel culture (again).

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