Reprinted from Bustle with permission Protestors in New York flooded the streets last week, toting signs that blazed with images and phrases about cruel injustice. Just a week after similar events in Ferguson, a grand jury ruled that Daniel Pantaleo–the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner, a 44-year-old, black, Staten Island man, in a chokehold that led to Garner’s […]
Author: Evette Dionne
Evette Dionne tells and edits stories about race, gender and culture. Her work has been published in multiple publications, including The New York Times, The Root, The Grio, xoJane and UPTOWN Magazine. She's also served as daily editor of Clutch Magazine. Dionne is also a critical media studies scholar who examines black female sexuality and pleasure in media texts like romantic comedies and hip-hop music videos. Dionne loves listening to hip-hop, engaging with Black feminisms, attending NYFW, obsessing over Scandal and Beyonce, browsing magazines, traveling to lands near and far and reading Zora Neale Hurston's masterpieces. She is based in Illinois.