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Tressie McMillan Cottom

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Black Vanguard in White Utopias

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 5, 2022October 19, 2022

“Country music issues a promissory note to its white listeners. The promise is that no matter how much the world around them may be changing, a country radio station or concert will be a safe space for white sentimentality.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Dolly Moment

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“Only a society that willfully believes itself ‘post-racist’ could produce such a queen.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 7, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from David Enrich, Megan Stielstra, Natalie Weiner, Mark Leviton and Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Amanda Fortini.

Posted inBooks, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

If Following McMillan Cottom and Gay on Twitter Isn’t Enough, Here You Go

by michelleweber April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

More of this sort of thing, thanks.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Angella d’Avignon, Katie Englehart, Caitlin Dewey, Eric Benson, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom. 

closeup of an adult white man's hands holding a stethescope
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

There Was Nothing We Could Have Done, Because We’re Racist and You’re Black

by michelleweber January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

“The prevalent perception of black women as unruly bodies and incompetent caretakers overrules even the most dominant stereotype about us—namely, that we are superhuman.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Of Blackness and “Beauty”

by Sari Botton January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

At an art exhibit exploring black models through Western art, Morgan Jerkins finds historical evidence of the white supremacist definitions of beauty Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom identifies in Thick: and Other Essays.

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Of Blackness and ‘Beauty’

by Morgan Jerkins January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

At an art exhibit exploring black models through Western art, Morgan Jerkins finds historical evidence of the white supremacist definitions of beauty Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom identifies in ‘Thick: and Other Essays.’

Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Of Blackness and ‘Beauty’

by Morgan Jerkins January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

At an art exhibit exploring black models through Western art, Morgan Jerkins finds historical evidence of the white supremacist definitions of beauty Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom identifies in ‘Thick: and Other Essays.’

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 11, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tressie McMillan Cottom, Kashmir Hill, R.O. Kwon, Jaime Lowe, and Steve Edwards.

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