#016: "The Diversity Drinking Game" episode.
Hosts Raquel Cepeda, Tanner Colby, and Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris, explore why people of color are on TV screens but not in writers rooms, whether Shonda Rhimes is a special effect, and if on-campus coddling is actually a thing.
Our guest host for this episode was Aisha Harris, culture writer for Slate.com. She has contributed to the New York Times online, The Dissolve, and Jason Bailey’s book Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece as a guest essayist. She’s appeared on NPR, the BBC, MSNBC, NBC, and CNN. She’s also had the delightful honor of being publicly ridiculed by Fox News.
Read more of Aisha's work at Slate.
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Diversity in the TV Writers Room
TV Is More Diverse than Ever on Screen. Why Not in the Writers Room? | Slate
The State of Diversity in Writing for Television - TV Writer Access Project Honorees | WGA
Matt Damon Apologizes for Diversity Comments on 'Project Greenlight' | Hollywood Reporter
TV Diversity Programs: Launching Pad or Scarlet Letter? | Hollywood Reporter
Shows Hired No Women, Writers Of Color | Huffington Post Live
Diversity-Free TV | Huffington Post Live
My Affirmative Action Fail | Salon
Coddling on Campus?
I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me | Vox
How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus | The Atlantic
Obama on liberal college students who want to be "coddled": "That's not the way we learn" | Vox
The Rise of Victimhood Culture | The Atlantic
Readers on the Rise of the 'Microaggressions' Framework | The Atlantic
Blog | Righteous Mind
I was a liberal adjunct professor. My liberal students didn’t scare me at all. | Vox
Aisha
Beasts of No Nation (film)
Beasts of No Nation (novel)
TannerMaking Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye | the Art Institute of Chicago
RaquelThe World Goes Pop | the Tate Modern