Sister Citizen

GOP Nostalgia Is A Symptom Of Privilege

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.28.2012

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Christian Piatt

The fact is that, unless you're a white, Christian, straight male, there's little to look back to and say "yeah, I was better off back then."

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The Power List: Melissa Harris-Perry Is Set To Bring Real Talk TO MSNBC

Posted 03.11.2012

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Melissa Harris-Perry, the Tulane professor and public intellectual, first landed on most people's radars as a pundit and occasional fill-in host for R...

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9 Great Books To Give This Holiday Season

Angela Flournoy | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Literature, Cutie Pies, Ernessa T. Carter, The Buddha in the Attic, We the Animals, Tayari Jones, Books, Melissa Harris-Perry, Justin Torres, Postbourgie, Dani Cone, Jane Austen, Silver Sparrow, Persuasion, Slidepollajax, Salvage the Bones, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Jesmyn Ward, Non-Fiction, Julie Otsuka, 32 Candles, Susan Freinkel, Sister Citizen, Black Voices News
Angela Flournoy

With time running out until Christmas, we thought we'd share some of our favorite reads from the past year. Great books make great gifts.

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Sister Citizen

Dion Nicole | Posted 11.23.2011

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Dion Nicole

Overall, I'm incredibly impressed with Melissa Harris-Perry's new book Sister Citizen so far. The book is concerned with how stereotypes surrounding black women affect their political beliefs.

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