#sundayread for August 9, 2020
Photo: Mykyta Nikiforov (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for August 9, 2020:
- Flashback: Addictive content
- Ellen DeGeneres fosters a toxic work environment on her daytime talk show.
By @KrystieLYandoli
https://buff.ly/30C1HJ9 / https://buff.ly/3kks5QX - Profiles of Birmingham leaders fighting racial injustice:
— Part 1 by @AmeeraSteward: https://buff.ly/3eQoXIK
— Part 2 by @EricaDWright5: https://buff.ly/39fpx1k
#Bham #BlackLivesMatter - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/3hPwPMp - The decade since the 2008 economic collapse
By John Lanchester
(h/t @Longreads) - How I Broke, and Botched, the Brandon Teena Story
By Donna @Minkowitz
(h/t @Longreads) - Flashback: Ten years ago: “Last Comic Standing”: #Bham’s Roy Wood Jr. finishes third
- The Tragic End to a Longtime Black-Car Driver’s Campaign Against Uber
By @JessBruder
(h/t @Longreads) - Moving past “diversity decoration”: Black TV writers on their uphill battles in Hollywood
By @MissSoniaRao - Flashback: Books: Excerpt from Emily Brown’s “Birmingham Food: A Magic City Menu”
#Bham #Bhameats - RIP Cable
By Michael Schneider @franklinavenue and @KateAurthur - Crushed by HR: A Sexual Harassment Horror Story
By David Dayen @ddayen
(h/t @Longreads) #MeToo - 15 women accuse former Washington NFL franchise employees of sexual harassment and verbal abuse
By @TheWillHobson
#MeToo - Sweetness Mattered
By @Hamburger_Aaron
(h/t @Longreads)
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