selected work

Online

• HuffPost Culture Shifters 2020

• Amy Cooper Knew Exactly What She Was Doing - HuffPost

• The Whitewashing of Naomi Osaka - HuffPost

• On The Killing Of Nia Wilson And The Anxiety Of Being A Black Woman - HuffPost

• Why Can’t We Stop Talking About Empire? - The New York Times

• White Critics Love ‘3 Billboards’ Like They Love Their Racist Uncles - HuffPost

• The Ever-Evolving Art Of The Celebrity Apology - HuffPost

Print

• Allure: The Melanin Edit

• Index Magazine: Cassi Namoda Interview

• Essence: Cover Story, Yara Shadhi

• Essence: Interview, Chris Rock

• Film Quarterly: Review on Spike Lee’s America

• Filmmaker Magazine: Interview, Ryan Coogler

• Golly Magazine: The Summer of ‘89

Awards Recognition and Appearances

• Indiewire Critics Academy Fellow, 2012

• Featured Speaker, The New School Afrofuturism Conference, 2015

• NABJ Award Nominee for Best Commentary, August 2016

• Webby Winner for Public Service & Activism Video (MTV’s “Decoded”), 2017

• Kirkus Review Best Book About Being Black in America, 2021

• Keynote Speaker, Northwestern University Black Studies Symposium, May 2023

• Jury President, Indie Memphis Film Festival, October 2023

• Featured Speaker, Black Women Radicals Summit, August 2023

• Featured Speaker, BlackStar Film Festival, August 2024