Blackface In the Information Age
Blackface has evolved over time and infiltrated cyberspace. In this episode of Unpack That, we're joined by WIRED's senior writer, Jason Parham, who explains how racism in the digital space has evolved.
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The Crucial Legacy of the Black Aunt
Jezebel spoke with Dr. Regina Davis-Sowers, a scholar, lecturer, and Black aunt who has conducted and written perhaps some of the only academic studies on Black aunts and their experiences. She believes that the reason why such research is scarce is that the history of survival behind the Black aunt, dating back to before slavery, has gone largely unnoticed.
Sophia Chang Is Not Here To Play
Sophia Chang on her new audiobook, The Baddest Bitch In the Room, and finally stepping into the spotlight after a career of uplifting male musicians like the Wu-Tang Clan.
An Attempt to 'Fix' My Face, Old Hollywood Style
Since the dawn of the modern cosmetics industry, makeup manufacturers have been selling systems that promised to fix your face in its entirety. But few modern brands are quite so thorough as the offerings of the 1930s that promised to guide you to the ideal face—though the power of science!
Jezebel Investigates: The Mammy In Film
In this video, Dr. Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, author of Mammy: A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory, explains America’s fixation on the stereotype, and charts the “mammification of the nation.”
Lindy West Talks Shrill and the Ever-Evolving Size Conversation
Lindy West sits down with Jezebel's Editor-in-Chief Julianne Escobedo Shepherd to explain how she made her new Hulu show, Shrill, inclusive.
Last Week’s Creeps This Week
In his over half a century film career, he's become the quintessential graduate—from alleged groping to alleged sexual assault.
