Posts tagged Roxane Gay
We Need to Talk About How We're Talking About That Slap
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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Celebrity, TV and MoviesStacy Lee KongWill Smith, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Questlove, Denzel Washington, Tyler Perry, Bradley Cooper, P. Diddy, RIchard Williams, Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, Roxane Gay, Judd Apatow, Amy Schumer, Mia Farrow, John Wayne, Sacheen Littlefeather, Adrien Brody, Halle Berry, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow, S.E. Cupp, Krista Vernoff, E. Jean Carroll, Harvey Weinstein, Bridgerton, Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn
Oh Good, We’re Still Talking About the “Sanctity of Comedy” 🙄
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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Celebrity, TV and MoviesStacy Lee KongDave Chappelle, David Zucker, Hannah Gadsby, George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Roxane Gay, Christopher Hitchens, Eddie Murphy, Katt Williams, Hasan Minhaj, Ali Wong, Nicole Byer, Ronny Chieng, Cameron Esposito, Ryan Ken, Zainab Johnson, Ziwe, Miles Teller, Edward Rogers, Masai Ujiri
The Conversation We Should Have Had About Letitia Wright’s Anti-Vax Tweet
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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Celebrity, HealthStacy Lee KongLetitia Wright, Michael B. Jordan, Winston Duke, Jennifer Garner, Anthony Fauci, Julia Roberts, Olivia Munn, Bonnie Henry, Roxane Gay, Kelly Rowland, Bresha Web, Debbi Morgan, Thomas Cadrot, P. Diddy, Olivia Jade Giannulli, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Depp