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Category Archives: Everyone’s a Critic
F8: Why I love the Fast and Furious Franchise
F8: Better than Furious Seven, still not as good as Fast Five. But #Letty and #Ramsey are my new favorite #dynamicduo. Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Movies
Tagged Culture, Family, Globalization, Identity, Movies, Youth
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16th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media: Donny Jackson
Check out pictures, tweets, and video at Storify. Clips coming soon! UPDATE: Congratulations to Donny Jackson, Ph.D. and Kamau Bell for their first Emmy for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program! Donny Jackson, executive producer and show runner for CNN’s “United Shades of … Continue reading
Posted in Charisse is Cool, Classes, Intersectional Identities, Satire, Television
Tagged Culture, Journalism, Media, Psychology, Race, Social Justice
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WTF is Real Fake News?: The Mashup of Reality and Satire
We lack a shared reality thereby making it impossible to ridicule the absurdity of reality. Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Charisse is Cool, Everyone's a Critic, Satire, Television
Tagged Art, Culture, Media, Politics, Psychology
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Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl now available at flowjournal.org
https://www.flowjournal.org/2017/02/disruption-of-the-single-city-girl-archetype/ This weekend, I met Jay Sandrich, director/producer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, A Different World, SOAP, Benson, Empty Nest, It Takes Two, The Tony Randall Show, Golden Girls, and more. He liked my essay, but thought … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Media and identity Construction, Research, Television
Tagged Beauty, Culture, Gender, Identity, Media, Social Justice
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Using Satire to Teach Diversity
In this changing media and cultural environment, satire is emerging in new and innovative spaces outside of traditional media is a double edged sword: we can access and consume marginalized satire (e.g., Black Twitter, Reductress) but this conversation is increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Classes, Consulting, Satire, Television
Tagged Art, Civic Engagement, Culture, Education, Gender, Identity, Media, Race
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My Bob Dylan Experience #TBT
In 2005, I was working at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. As I was walking down the hall, late for work, this man was walking towards me. He was about 20 feet away. He was scruffy, wearing an oversized coat … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Music
Tagged Art, Autobiography, Culture, Education, Music, Politics, Social Justice, Youth
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Inside the Label on BET
Last night, I made my national television debut as an expert on BET’s Inside the Label: “Grand Hustle.” I was tapped to talk about the intersection of race, gender, technology, and business. It was an honor to be part of such … Continue reading
Posted in Charisse is Cool, Consulting, Media and identity Construction, Music
Tagged Culture, Gender, Identity, Media, Music, New Media, Race
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