Introduction --

Identity/politics --

Tragedy plays on an infinite loop --

Am I a bad person if je ne suis pas Charlie? --

Seduction of safety, on campus and beyond --

White crime --

Case against hope --

Cops don't belong at pride --

Why people are so awful online --

Why I've decided to take my podcast off Spotify --

It's time to rage --

Don't talk to me about civility on Tuesday morning, those children were alive --

Matter of Black lives --

Why I can't forgive Dylann Roof --

On the death of Sandra Bland and our vulnerable bodies --

Of lions and men: mourning Samuel DuBose and Cecil the Lion --

Where are Black children safe? --

Alton Sterling and when Black Lives stop mattering --

How to build a monument --

World expects Black men to make themselves smaller. My brother never did --

Making people uncomfortable can get you killed --

Civic responsibilities --

Who gets to be angry? --

Voting with my head and heart --

Hate that doesn't hide (on Trump's presidency) --

No one is coming to save us from Trump's racism --

You're disillusioned. That's fine. Vote anyway --

How we save ourselves --

I am shattered but ready to fight --

For the culture --

So fast, so damn furious --

Nickel and dimed (Mitchell Jackson's The residue years) --

Why the beach is a bummer --

Discomfort zone (The unspeakable by Meghan Daum) --

Bridled vows (Jenny Offill's Dept. of speculation) --

Food TV's sadistic glee --

Marriage plot --

Warning signs (The sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates) --

Wise crack (Delicious foods by James Hannaham) --

Oscars and Hollywood's race problem --

Black Lives imagined (Jodi Picoult's Small great things) --

I don't want to watch slavery fan fiction --

Mockingbird reconsidered --

Can I enjoy art but denounce the artist? --

Roseanne is gone, but the culture that gave her a show isn't --

Insatiable is lazy, insulting from start to finish --

Legacy of Toni Morrison --

After Chadwick Boseman's iconic Black Panther, should King T'Challa be recast? --

How to collect art --

Man problems --

Why are most Father's day gifts so terrible? --

Nate Parker and the limits of empathy --

Dear men: It's you too --

Louis C.K. and the men who think justice takes as long as they want it to --

I thought men might do better than this --

Dave Chappelle's brittle ego --

Jada Pinkett Smith shouldn't have to take a joke. Neither should you --

Minding other folks' business --

Madonna's spring awakening --

Charlie, come in --

Nicki Minaj, always in control --

Melina Matsoukas's fearless vision --

Janelle Monáe's Afrofuture --

Sarah Paulson has no fear --

Talented Tessa Thompson --

Where Jordan Casteel sees herself going --

This is Pamela, finally --

Solicited advice --

Yes, your job is important. But it's not all important --

Ask Roxane: Is it too late to follow my dreams? --

Ask Roxane: I'm outraged but failing at activism. Why? --

Ask Roxane: Where the hell is the love of my life?