Capitalism eats itself alive
August 14, 2012
—Kyla Wazana Tompkins Every year I promise myself that I will start couponing and then I get lazy about it. I think I once took couponing seriously for about two… READ MORE
Category: American Studies
Notes from Betsy…on Single
August 10, 2012
Our rock-star publicist, Betsy Steve, lover of books and all things media, is here to share one of her favorites from this month. Get ready! Single: Arguments for the Uncoupled… READ MORE
Against gluttony
July 30, 2012
—Kyla Wazana Tompkins In the conclusion to Racial Indigestion I have a line where I say, “I am sick to death of food.” I wrote and erased that line about ten times… READ MORE
Michelle Obama’s White Family History: Confronting the Historical Reality of Rape in the Lives of Enslaved Women and Girls
July 3, 2012
—Kidada E. Williams On June 17, The New York Times ran “Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story, Long Hidden,” an article by Rachel L. Swarns, the author… READ MORE
Ohio school shooting: Jessie Klein, author of The Bully Society, speaks to CNN
February 28, 2012
To view the video on CNN’s page, click here. Read more about The Bully Society.
All-American Muslim: Reinforcing One Stereotype, Challenging Another
January 6, 2012
by Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (forthcoming from NYU Press) All-American Muslim, a reality show that follows five Muslim families… READ MORE
Immigrating women
November 1, 2011
“In the first decade of the 21st-century, the image of the typical immigrant in the American imagination… is that of a working-class Mexican or Central American man. This stereotype continues… READ MORE
Before Perez Hilton, there was Hedda Hopper!
October 27, 2011
Though she may look to have been a classier dame, Hedda Hopper was likely just as ruthless as Perez, or any other rumormonger du jour. When asked why she wrote… READ MORE