Are we okay with The Bargain? The Bargain is that women and BIPOC workers are asked over and over again to take on the unpaid civic labor of de-biasing institutions. And at the same time, we are often harmed while doing that labor, because many do not want it done.
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Creator/Host , a syndicated public radio show/podcast about Black women/all women of color using our power for the good of all.
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Look what arrived in the mail yesterday! 
An early galley of my book LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. I’ve been learning a lot about the publishing process.
An early galley of my book LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. I’ve been learning a lot about the publishing process.
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I am grateful to the sisterhood of public radio. I want to thank for rallying the troops when I needed guest hosts; and for chopping it up about entrepreneurship + life. You both are doing amazing things. Grateful for you.
Crystal ball for 2024 cycle: distinct possibility that the Democratic party will win the presidency, based among other things on the discontentment of women post-Dobbs with the GOP; and that the victory will be narrow and that extremists will mount attacks after the elex.
My conversation with on the latest gives perspective on the challenges that both public radio and media at large are facing.
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts and on public radio stations across the country🎧
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Our creator/host @farai and @TheTakeaway host @MHarrisPerry joined our latest episode to discuss the failures of public media to equitably resource or responsibly employ Black, Indigenous, and people of color.
This is a conversation you can't miss: pod.link/1533069868
I have one of those adult dilemmas that happens when you're an independent woman. So, in a previous job, people entrusted me with information designed to correct ethical violations at a journalism organization. Some of them took great risks to do so.
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I've begun sharing my experiences more widely with people who hold institutional power. I hope one or more has great suggestions for me. And if you too are dealing with institutional headwinds that claim you are less worthy, while you do unpaid labor -- you deserve better.
Our Body Politic is working on our first documentary... we'll share more soon. Despite the prescience of Black and BIPOC journalists about challenges to democracy we remain underfunded in building institutions. We are still building. I'm working to make sure we're rewarded, too.
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Take this with all the grains of salt. But I thought Trump was a viable candidate when many of my colleagues didn't; and predicted January 6th. I'm keeping track of a wide variety of factors. And by attacks, I mean disaggregated/local attacks not another breach of the Capitol.
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I can say things many people at big companies cannot. I have never signed an NDA despite working in journalism for 35 years, and I know where many bodies are buried. But digging for evidence of past misdeeds and building for the future are different.
Media was my life before I had my own life. I was conceived in Zambia, where my Mom was a freelance reporter. She stood up to a judge who tried to kick her out of a courtroom while she was covering a spying trial. She and my Dad met in j-school at Syracuse....
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Unfortunately, I was not positioned for success in the inquiry. I do think I made some difference, by collecting and surfacing the information, but I had hoped there would be more institutional support in due diligence from the organization I was at at the time.
I just finished another pre-interview for the doc and it's totally giving me life. That's why I want a level playing field. The one argument that rarely lands is that diversity (in journalism, and business) is just better for the field.
Please join me and Katie Orenstein today at 7pm Eastern for a convo about media and demoracy!
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Want to preach beyond the choir?
If you’re trying to reach new and broader audiences in this divided world, we have a special Expert Talk for you with @farai, a veteran journalist, novelist, radio and podcast host.
Join us on Tue, May 23 at 7pmET: eventbrite.com/e/preach-beyon
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I have a lot of documentation, but I also don't want to go on the warpath.... that's exhausting. I have lots of journalism I'd rather do than revisit this. Yet, I don't want to pretend this didn't happen or doesn't matter.
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And I suffered reputational damage from the (then-)head of the organization in question, who impugned my reputation in order to hide misdeeds.
Hi folks: I'm really proud to present an episode on media with and . It's also an episode about growing into self-knowledge and becoming ourselves.
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A member of another organization actively tried to block my inquiries in a quite distasteful way.
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As an independent businesswoman, for whom reputational damage is more than trivial, I recently revisited the matter with many of those involved. It's been a huge stressor in my life.
Ten years ago, in a month-long writing retreat, I wrote a science fiction novel. I was/am a "pantser" so I wrote with no outline and many things were structurally wrong. Enter: Chat GPT....
A must-listen conversation🎙
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Patreon exclusive extended interview
In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, we're sharing an extended cut of @marascampo's interview with Camonghne Felix as an exclusive gift to our beloved patrons.
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People who lack certain forms of institutional power are prescient about the future because it's a matter of survival. I'm working with a group of others to bring more BIPOC women/nonbinary folks into public applied futurism. Despite the challenges, life is exciting!
We'll get started in 5! Pls join for a convo about how to talk to people who you may have little in common with, both as a reporter and a human...
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Please join me and Katie Orenstein today at 7pm Eastern for a convo about media and demoracy! twitter.com/TheOpEdProject…
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I don't expect people to champion diversity because I do better. I expect people to realize that they do worse when it doesn't exist. If journalism were equitable, we wouldn't have made so many of the mistakes that undermined democracy, full stop.
Throwback.... more timely than ever.// Cultural Competency and Why It Is Important to Covering Today’s America niemanreports.org/articles/cultu via
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My success/our success is not predicated on anyone else's failure. All we need is a level playing field and a dream.
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Sometimes it's been hard to stay positive with the persistent underfunding/-resourcing of women of color who are media entrepreneurs. But we are also creating new roadmaps, and it feels beautiful to be a trailblazer.
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I tried for years to change "the newsroom." I failed. And in the end, I created my own newsroom. We employ people with infants and young children. Guess what: they do great work! All the hazing of mothers/parents in newsrooms is not necessary or healthy.
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The man who resuscitated my heart. The man who proved me wrong because I was convinced that this kind of love didn’t exist. The man who came to me whole and prepared to keep every promise. Happy Anniversary my love
You are both amazing humans... and together! All the things. Much love.
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Me and my honey for 32 YEARS of marriage!! Te adoro mi querido @germanperezart So blessed to still be in love with this man who inspires me every day. 
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Someone also said, "Chat GPT won't replace the writers. But it may replace the show runners." So, take it all with a grain of salt. But as someone who's really dragging my heels on re-outlining the plot of this book, it was helpful.
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One of my first bosses told a job applicant who didn't get the promotion I did that he "had to" hire the Black woman. I was told my natural hair made me look "young and unprofessional."
We’re asking a legal expert and a personal finance expert about eldercare for an upcoming episode🎙
From planning your own future to dealing with family caregiving — what questions do you have?
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I hate the sound of my own voice in recordings. I don't work in media to be seen or heard for my own pleasure. But I do do it in order to be seen and heard -- and mainly to listen and observe -- as we navigate life. And that's been challenging.
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We employ a racially diverse staff. We have no problems doing this. I can say with much inside knowledge that all the bemoaning of the lack of diverse talent is total b.s.
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Journalists of color and female/gender expansive folks have led conversations for years about how we have undermined our own future, from climate/environment to reproductive justice. All you need to do to NOT understand society is narrow the field. Which is what institutions did.
Did you celebrate Juneteenth as a kid?
wants to hear a memory you have, or another way you celebrated Black history and freedom. Reply below, DM me, or leave us a voicemail at 929-353-7006☎️
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We want to hear how YOU celebrated Juneteenth as a kid
As we plan our upcoming Juneteenth episode, we'd love to hear how you grew up honoring the holiday OR another way you celebrated Black history and freedom. Reply below, in our DMs, or leave us a voicemail at 929-353-7006
As we plan our upcoming Juneteenth episode, we'd love to hear how you grew up honoring the holiday OR another way you celebrated Black history and freedom. Reply below, in our DMs, or leave us a voicemail at 929-353-7006
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The actual plot elements Chat GPT came up with were dreck, when it improvised. But it helped with pacing. Hope it helps you!
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American socio-political polling is failing right now for many reasons, including being part of the general disinformation disorder, where people don't trust news and information purveyors. (I'm looking forward to talking to about his new book on disinfo soon.)
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The cat’s out of the bag now, 
. My novel THE AFRICANFUTURIST just sold to HarperCollins/William Morrow for SEVEN-figures!
This novel has been coming for THIRTY years. I needed to be ready. 
Here we go. [Inhale, exhale]
New episode of with guest host just dropped! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, and on public radio stations across the country🎙
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New episode out now
In this episode, guest host @imarajones gives listeners a thoughtful overview of what’s going on right now in the world of transpolitics – the politics impacting trans people and our communities.
Listen now: pod.link/1533069868
In this episode, guest host @imarajones gives listeners a thoughtful overview of what’s going on right now in the world of transpolitics – the politics impacting trans people and our communities.
Listen now: pod.link/1533069868
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It was often trite but it gave me something to bounce off of. I was lucky enough to be on a virtual chat with and asked about his process. (Thanks .) If I'm recalling right, he sounds like he's a "pantser" for first draft and structures after that...
We were so grateful to have you on and to see you in action! Thanks again....
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We are about to start raising money for Living Data. It's not an even playing field. Which means we have to be better. And we will be. You can reach out to us about investment or underwriting at info@ourbodypolitic.com
I have not read that but I loved Living a Feminist Life. Thank you for the recommendation Deborah and thanks for your work Sara!