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Evette Dionne

MSNBC Columnist

Evette Dionne is a culture journalist, critic and editor who writes extensively about pop culture as it relates to race, gender and size. "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box," her middle-grade nonfiction book, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Her forthcoming book, "Weightless," is being released by Ecco in December. 

Evette Dionne is a culture journalist, critic and editor who writes extensively about pop culture as it relates to race, gender and size. "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box," her middle-grade nonfiction book, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Her forthcoming book, "Weightless," is being released by Ecco in December. 

Latest from Evette Dionne

8d ago

In ‘The Little Mermaid,’ Black girls and women will see representation done right

In Disney's movie remake of "The Little Mermaid," Halle Bailey gives Black girls something we could never have imagined even as we clung to our fairy tales.
109d ago

The simple message at the heart of Rihanna’s working mom Super Bowl

Rhianna's Super Bowl halftime performance embodied the important notion that working mothers can still command the spotlight while asserting their agency.
116d ago

Beyoncé’s historic Grammy wins are shadowed by one inexplicable loss

What Grammy did Beyoncé win? Here's why Harry Styles' album of the year is a snub. Even if Queen Bey won best dance/electronic album for "Renaissance."
161d ago

Sadly, Tory Lanez's guilty verdicts won't silence Megan Thee Stallion's critics

A Los Angeles jury found rapper Tory Lanez guilty Friday of three felonies for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
169d ago

Why the Dave Chappelle-Elon Musk moment is bad news for Black women

Dave Chappelle asked Twitter CEO Elon Musk to reinstate the account of Talib Kweli, a friend and collaborator of Chappelle who was banned in 2020.
176d ago

The cruel irony at the heart of Brittney Griner's Russia debacle

Black women are used to being their own heroes. And this terrible situation once again reinforces why.
205d ago

Stacey Abrams isn’t the first Black woman to not reap what she's sowed

Stacey Abrams of Georgia lost a second gubernatorial election to Brian Kemp Tuesday.
224d ago

A jury found for Kevin Spacey. Here's why I'm still standing with Anthony Rapp.

Even when those who say they've been harmed lose, the impact of their coming forward remains.
242d ago

How Netflix's new Jeffrey Dahmer series fails his real victims (again)

The series does attempt to flip a common Hollywood true crime script. But we need to be more honest about the consequences of retelling real tragedies.
276d ago

Lizzo refuses to perform shame for critics who think she should

Lizzo’s entire existence is treated as a transgression against our thin social order.
296d ago

The era of Serena Williams making miracles on the court is coming to an end

Elite male athletes aren't expected to choose between their families and their careers.