Media

And Recognizing the “Concerned Parent” Trope — We are currently in the midst of an all-out moral panic against transgender people. If I were to ask “who is driving this panic?” most people in the United States would likely say the far right and social conservatives who have traditionally been opposed to LGBTQ+ people. In the United…

The death of Raymond Dokpesi yesterday reminded me of some rather unusual things about the man. The words ‘innovator’ or ‘pioneer’ are often used to describe people in Nigeria in an exaggerated manner but I think in the case of Raymond Dokpesi they are apposite. The first is that…

Forget the 9 to 5 grind, online hustle through social media, and watch your bank account climb. — If you’ve ever felt like almost always scrolling through your social media feeds, let me tell you that those endless hours of double-tapping and retweeting can actually be more productive than you think. Note: Before you start reading rest of the article, there are jobs for you where you can…

Republicans, you can do better — I’ve been thinking about something now for six or seven years. I’m sure many of you will consider it a banal conclusion, but I can’t help thinking it anyway. Here is the thing I’ve been thinking: Republicans have very low standards. There. I said it. I’ve dabbled in politics a…

Seeing those scenes made me ugly-cry. — Did you ever have a moment where you are floored by how much better children’s media has become since you were a kid? When I was young, we had racist Bugs Bunny cartoons and Betty Boop. Today, I was watching a bunch of YouTube videos and noticed one about the…

Serial, S-Town, The Teacher’s Pet, Dirty John, Slow Burn: what do all of these have in common? Don’t say “they’re all podcasts”, smart arse. We already know that. The answer on the card — the one I’m looking for — is that they’d all more than 5 years old. All…

Today marks a significant milestone as it has been five years since I had the privilege of delivering a TEDx talk on the paramount importance of high-quality same language captions and transcripts. Watch my TEDx talk here: https://youtu.be/ngKp9MqUGj8 In this enlightening talk, I emphasized that it’s not enough to…

In the past year, media outlets have been plagued with rounds of layoffs, with journalists from Buzzfeed, Vox Media, NBC, and Washington Post experiencing cuts. Print media has been struggling for a long time, and online media sustains itself (apparently barely) with advertising and digital subscription models. Another part of…

I like to collect Transformers toys. I love the challenge of converting them and then doing it from memory. The older I get the more my mind will need to be challenged in order to keep it sharp or at least sharp where it needs to be. They are bright…