DS WhiteEmail signatures updated for our dystopian hellscapeBefore printing this email, please consider your mortalityMar 25, 2018Mar 25, 2018
DS WhiteinThe Belladonna ComedyI’M NOT SURE WHETHER I HAVE THE FLU OR JUST DIDN’T LIKE THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURIThe Mayo Clinic’s twitter account left my DMs on read.Mar 3, 20182Mar 3, 20182
DS WhiteWe Can’t Get Out: The Untransferrable Birthright of Black American PainThe first time I learned about Emmett Till I was in fourth grade, which is now thirty years ago. I have never once stopped feeling a slight…Jul 13, 2017Jul 13, 2017
DS WhiteQuestions About Movies I’ve Watched In The Last Four Months That Will Go Unanswered Now That…“IMDb Is Shutting Down Its Discussion Boards” — Variety, Feb 3, 2017Jul 10, 2017Jul 10, 2017
DS WhiteFoul or FairTonight we (I and the pets) are watching a version of Macbeth with Fassbender and Cotillard because the Sir Patrick Stewart version was not…Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017
DS WhiteIs Doctor Who’s Black Companion Really Traveling Back In Time, This Time?I came to love Doctor Who as an adult because it respected the sentimental and moral sci-fi/fantasy fiction that I loved as a child, but…May 11, 2017May 11, 2017
DS WhiteReview: The final season of ‘Portlandia’ starts off a little less weirdAfter four bitingly funny and two still-very-good seasons, “Portlandia” is back for a seventh and final spin in a world much different now…Apr 6, 2017Apr 6, 2017
DS WhiteEpisode Review: ‘Black-ish’ examines its internet privilege(s)Being a wealthy black family in a predominately white world can be an exercise in compromise and contradiction. How much psychological…Apr 6, 2017Apr 6, 2017
DS WhiteReview: ‘Iyanla’ interrogates the wrong end of the Angry Black Woman tropeThe “Angry Black Woman” trope is nothing new, but it’s been under increased scrutiny since its derided inclusion in a 2014 New York Times…Sep 13, 2016Sep 13, 2016