Posts from Tasteful Rude

No Daughter Should Live in Terror of Her Dad

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The only element that distinguishes Britney Spears' story from those of millions of American girls are her fame and wealth.

From Tasteful Rude
On February 11, 2021

Blackness Is My World

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Africa is not mine, and America doesn't want any kind of Black woman.

From Tasteful Rude
On February 9, 2021

The Dangers (And Pleasures) of Smoking in Bed

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Mariana Enriquez's short stories take magical realism to the extreme, blending the surreal — ghosts, witches, curses and cannibals — with vividly rendered trauma that is all too real.

From Tasteful Rude
On February 5, 2021

David Brooks Is Dead Wrong on Reopening Schools

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The New York Times columnist fancies himself an expert on the education of Black and brown children.

From Tasteful Rude
On February 2, 2021

Fucking (And Not Fucking) In The Time of Coronavirus

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When touch becomes Death's portal

From Tasteful Rude
On January 29, 2021

Democrats Should Listen to David Frum If They Want to Lose Elections

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A coalition of Latinx voters and newly naturalized citizens will be the next Georgia.

From Tasteful Rude
On January 22, 2021

This Isn’t My First Coup. But It Is The First One I Have A Problem With.

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The U.S. has long undermined self-governance in Latin America while pretending to be the greatest exporter of democracy in human history.

From Tasteful Rude
On January 19, 2021

Don’t Call Me ‘Resilient’

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Not everyone forced to experience trauma is granted the privilege of surviving it.

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On January 15, 2021

Fascism Goes To School

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Before Benito Mussolini became Italy’s fascist dictator, he worked as a schoolteacher.

From Tasteful Rude
On January 12, 2021

A Conversation With Hood Criatura’s féi hernandez

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'There is too much cumbia / too much Selena in my walk / too much Frank Ocean in my lovin' / too much storm in our summer kiss.'

From Tasteful Rude
On January 7, 2021

Sylvie’s Love Is Pretty As A Picture

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The everyday revolution of the mundane Black experience

From Tasteful Rude
On January 5, 2021

Hilaria Baldwin and The Perverse Myth of Reverse Body-Shaming

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On the weaponization of body positivity by Hilaria y las demás

From Tasteful Rude
On December 31, 2020

The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Doesn’t Want You To Find It

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'We want someone to errantly walk down the alley and go, oh my! There’s a museum there!'

From Tasteful Rude
On December 29, 2020