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more about #newyorkerfestival more comments → thesciencegirl: My name is thesciencegirl, and I am a nerd of color. It's interesting... the ways in which being a nerd in communities of color can be alienating, an... more » Eriu: I would feel remiss if I didn't mention that Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying is absolutely amazing. Easily one of the best books I've read in years. I h... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'Despite his experience with the nerd police, Diaz also advanced the somewhat debatable point that reading teaches compassion. He said reading a book ... more » lilbobbytables: Reading has, I firmly believe, made me a better person. It has given me the opportunity to crawl into someone else's headspace and see 1) how that ch... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Probably a dumb question, but why was he "pilloried." What were his sci-fi reference crimes? What didn't they like? #edwidgedanticat more » PaintedTrollop: The most beautiful women (and men) are always the ones who don't have a clue how beautiful they are. Give me Rachel over a cookie cutter Pox blonde an... more » lisas: Well maybe Rachel Maddow and Tina Fey can go off somewhere together and mumble about how ugly they are. The rest of us can practice our eyerolls. #rac... more » cand86: Rachel, NO! You make my heart pound like no Fox anchor *ever* could. So this is for you: #rachelmaddow more » CloudsInMyCoffee: I was there! She concluded that answer by saying, "I'm not a sex symbol for anyone." A crowd of women went, "WHAAAA?!" and then Rachel claimed she was... more » SweetIo: Rachel is sort of right - she isn't pretty, she's dead sexy. #rachelmaddow more » hydrogen_jukebox: I happen to find her extremely attractive because of all the things she lists. I'm a sucker for androgynous gals with smarts. Call me crazy. #rachelm... more » special_boots: Dear Rachel Maddow: Please don't hate on the big noses. Lots of us have 'em. And lots of ladies also have short hair and/or features that might be de... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Rachel, we don't mix you up with a Fox Business anchor because you have a *brain*. Also, shut up -- I dress like you and I'm freaking adorable. #ra... more » yvanehtnioj: I wish we as a culture would stop confusing "spends a lot of time, money, and energy to look a heckuva lot like everyone else" with "pretty." I can't... more » HarpMadness: I think we need to start saying more what we mean, which is, "I don't look like the increasingly narrow list of traits that society tries to convince ... more » -
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Danticat & Diaz On Writing, Justice, And Being A "Nerd Of Color"
At their New Yorker Festival reading on Friday, Junot Diaz and recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner Edwidge Danticat talked about writing with kids, being marginalized as a "nerd of color," and why it's so hard to change the world. More » -
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Rachel Maddow Fibs At New Yorker Festival!
"I'm not very pretty...I am what I am. I look like a dude. I wear boring jackets. I have a big nose. I have short hair. No one is going to mix me up with a Fox Business anchor." [NYer]
