An excerpt from Variety -
Zendaya to Star in, Produce Movie About First African-American Woman to Graduate From Vassar
By Dave McNary
Zendaya will produce and star in the thriller “A White Lie,” playing the first African-American woman to graduate from Vassar College, Variety has learned.
The project is based on Karin Tanabe’s book “The Gilded Years,” which told the true story of Anita Hemmings, a light-skinned, African-American woman who was the descendant of slaves and passed as white so she could attend Vassar during the 1890s. She’s pulled into her elite world where she’s treated as a wealthy, educated white woman who finds romance with a moneyed Harvard student.
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/zendaya-a-white-lie-anita-hemmings-1202614131/
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Hijab Barbie
From the New Yorker -
Barbie Gets a Hijab
By Christina Binkley
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/barbie-gets-a-hijab?mbid=nl_Daily%20111417%20Subs&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=12357255&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1281339144&spReportId=MTI4MTMzOTE0NAS2
Barbie Gets a Hijab
By Christina Binkley
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| Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel |
History Maker
An excerpt from Salon - (Bold is mine)
This week Tiffany Haddish makes “Saturday Night Live” history. That’s not funny
The “Girls Trip” star is the first black female comic to host “Saturday Night Live.” Ever. Let that one sink in
By MELANIE MCFARLAND
“Can you believe I will be the very #first black female comedian host?!?” she asked in a Nov. 7 tweet and Instagram post.
Can I believe it? Actually yes, I can. And I submit that answer with a mixture of emotions. Haddish, the breakout star of the surprise theatrical hit “Girls Trip,” is a tremendous comedian deserving of a higher profile. What’s more, “SNL” is featuring her just as her career is taking off; following a stint on NBC’s underappreciated summer comedy “The Carmichael Show,” she’s set to co-star in Tracy Morgan’s upcoming TBS comedy “The Last O.G.” (which, along with “Girls Trip,” is probably the reason she landed this hosting gig).
Indeed, Haddish deserves applause for making history, something I’d say is increasingly difficult to do in a show that’s been on the air for 43 seasons and has had 566 hosts as of this writing.
https://www.salon.com/2017/11/11/this-week-tiffany-haddish-makes-saturday-night-live-history-thats-not-funny/
This week Tiffany Haddish makes “Saturday Night Live” history. That’s not funny
The “Girls Trip” star is the first black female comic to host “Saturday Night Live.” Ever. Let that one sink in
By MELANIE MCFARLAND
“Can you believe I will be the very #first black female comedian host?!?” she asked in a Nov. 7 tweet and Instagram post.
Can I believe it? Actually yes, I can. And I submit that answer with a mixture of emotions. Haddish, the breakout star of the surprise theatrical hit “Girls Trip,” is a tremendous comedian deserving of a higher profile. What’s more, “SNL” is featuring her just as her career is taking off; following a stint on NBC’s underappreciated summer comedy “The Carmichael Show,” she’s set to co-star in Tracy Morgan’s upcoming TBS comedy “The Last O.G.” (which, along with “Girls Trip,” is probably the reason she landed this hosting gig).
Indeed, Haddish deserves applause for making history, something I’d say is increasingly difficult to do in a show that’s been on the air for 43 seasons and has had 566 hosts as of this writing.
https://www.salon.com/2017/11/11/this-week-tiffany-haddish-makes-saturday-night-live-history-thats-not-funny/
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Impressive
From Atlas Obscura -
World's Largest Beaver Dam
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-beaver-dam
World's Largest Beaver Dam
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-beaver-dam
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Surprised? Hardly.
An excerpt from the New York Times -
Jesus’ Parents and Roy Moore’s Gall
By Frank Bruni
Are you really surprised? If so, you might want to see a doctor about your amnesia, because my memory is pretty spotty and still I can recall Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker and Larry Craig and David Vitter, and with just a few minutes of Googling, I could fill the rest of this column with more names of more pastors and politicians who presented themselves as steadfast moral conservatives and were revealed to be agents of precisely the kind of behavior they so exuberantly condemned. These frauds and hypocrites are as legion now as lepers were in the days of Jesus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/opinion/sunday/roy-moore-molestation.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Jesus’ Parents and Roy Moore’s Gall
By Frank Bruni
Are you really surprised? If so, you might want to see a doctor about your amnesia, because my memory is pretty spotty and still I can recall Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker and Larry Craig and David Vitter, and with just a few minutes of Googling, I could fill the rest of this column with more names of more pastors and politicians who presented themselves as steadfast moral conservatives and were revealed to be agents of precisely the kind of behavior they so exuberantly condemned. These frauds and hypocrites are as legion now as lepers were in the days of Jesus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/opinion/sunday/roy-moore-molestation.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
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