PinnedPRIDE pins: What do I call my partner’s mother?A pretty label-averse person, I found myself today pondering the (lack of) evolution in the English language when it comes to labels and identifiers. Who or what gets labeled, and why? What is deemed worthy of naming — remembering, writing and recording into history — and what is not? More…Pride3 min readPride3 min read
Aug 2, 2020My Back Is Not Your Step StoolPeople love sports for the fair play but sports media environments offer anything but. Unchecked social ills, as manifested in heightened forms in these spaces, keep minorities, especially Black women, in the shadows, yet feature their ideas, without credit, beneath other people’s bylines. As much as Black women WNBA players…Taylor Swift11 min readTaylor Swift11 min read
Jun 28, 2020Hiring Black Women Journalists Serves The Public InterestThree things media companies must do right now to ensure inclusive, accurate reporting Even for a topic as grim as the potential for the coronavirus to kill a professional athlete, the WNBA and its players are left out of the conversation. …Media7 min readMedia7 min read
Published in ZORA·Jan 14, 2020Member-onlyBlack Women in the WNBA Fought for More Money and Better Quality of Life — And WonIn a landmark deal, players chart a new path for the WNBA with higher salaries, enhanced mental health resources, and other benefits — When basketball star Nneka Ogwumike announced in a November 2018 essay for The Players’ Tribune that the WNBA Players Association would opt out of its contract with the league, she also commanded the WNBA, and society at large, to bet on women. …Sports6 min readSports6 min read
