Laila Pedro – Medium

Laila Pedro

Laila Pedro

Why Oprah Shouldn’t Run for President

Recent speculation as to whether the billionaire entertainer, Oscar nominee, and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey should run for President…

Jan 10, 2018

Why Oprah Shouldn’t Run for President

Jan 10, 2018

Laila Pedro

Lacrimosa: The Weeping Woman

Q: How stupid do they think we are? A: Very.

Mar 1, 2017

Lacrimosa: The Weeping Woman

Mar 1, 2017

Laila Pedro

Conspiracy, Not Theory

It is staggering to consider that, two weeks ago, Barack Obama was our president. Without exaggeration, I felt confident saying to a friend…

Feb 4, 2017

Conspiracy, Not Theory

Feb 4, 2017

Laila Pedro

A Hierarchy of Emergencies

We’re past the “distraction” stage

Jan 31, 2017

Jan 31, 2017

Laila Pedro

How the Press Can Beat Trump

Last week, the Times published one of its most important pieces on the Trump administration, Jim Rutenberg’s “As Trump Berates News Media…

Jan 23, 2017

How the Press Can Beat Trump

Jan 23, 2017

Laila Pedro

I See What You Did There: Patterns and Warning Signs in the Transition

Week of January 7–14, 2017

Jan 14, 2017

Jan 14, 2017

Laila Pedro

Bad Faith and Political Mad Libs

The election of Donald Trump was a tremendous shock for many. (Whether this was from sheer delusion; whether the polls were wrong and to…

Dec 5, 2016

Dec 5, 2016

Laila Pedro

Smart or Not

As has been the case with the president-elect, the past 36 hours have brought two parallel but codependent stories: the “drama” of the…

Nov 22, 2016

Smart or Not

Nov 22, 2016

Laila Pedro

Haters Gonna Hate (Art)

Thoughts on not getting it

Nov 2, 2013

Nov 2, 2013

Laila Pedro

Digital Media, Creative Careers and the New Scholarship

Abandoning Tenure isn’t Failure— it’s Evolution

Oct 30, 2013

Oct 30, 2013

Laila Pedro

Laila Pedro

www.lailapedro.com | Havana-born editor, writer, scholar. Managing Editor @hyperallergic. French Lit Ph.D. Contributor @miamirail, @nplusonemag, and more.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams