Another day, another round of Daily Links…
Unnamed MSNBC exec told WashPost that @MHarrisPerry is "challenging and unpredictable."
She reacted by…
Adding the quote to her Twitter bio.— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 1, 2016
I thought this tweet (and its replies) about Melissa Harris-Perry’s departure from her MSNBC show had a lot to say about being coded as “challenging and unpredictable” as a woman in the news world. I also feel that it applies to women in many other professions, especially when those professions are male-dominated.
The casting of Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone in Nina over [insert ANY talented, passionate, and dark-skinned black actress here] has been weighing on my mind a lot lately, and to me it only shows how prevalent colorism is to this day.
Since American presidential elections are one giant political mess (especially this year), I thought it was interesting to get a viewpoint on the election from a non-American citizen. —Alyssa Etoile
Poet and educator Clint Smith reflects on the dangerous kinds of silences that make people like Donald Trump “brave.”
“Joke’s on my bullies,” said model and body confidence activist Harnaam Kaur, after becoming the first bearded woman to walk the runway at Royal Fashion Day. —Lebohang Masango ♦