Jasmine Sha-Ree Sanders
Jezebel
Jenks, OK, United States
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Tiffany Haddish Delivers High-Stakes Comedy
When Tiffany Haddish tells a story, especially her own, she does so with her entire body. In her debut standup comedy special, TIFFANY HADDISH: SHE READY! FROM THE HOOD TO HOLLYWOOD, which premiered on Showtime this past Friday, Haddish was clad in a pliable black bodysuit which lent her body the blank, shape-shifting quality of a mime. On stage at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center… → Read More
Rookie » Daily Links: Defying Expectations Edition
Good morning! Get ready for Tuesday with these Daily Links… Collage by Ruby Aitken, using an illustration via Jezebel. This article, about ways that Cambodian rapper Lisha defies gendered expectations, was informative and lovely. This essay is a great encapsulation of the fight for environmental justice, and the people most vulnerable to a rapidly changing environment. The woman who accused… → Read More
Rookie » Daily Links: Ms. Tina Edition
’Morning, Rooks! Daily Links are headed your way… Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via The New York Times. After Beyoncé interviewed Solange, I was left wondering about their mother—the woman who raised two successful stars and is a success in her own right. Read this New York Times profile of Tina Lawson. I am trying to figure out how to survive, now and for the next four years. Beauty—its… → Read More
Rookie » Daily Links: "Boy Beauty" Edition
Good morning! Get your Thursday started with these Daily Links… Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via Glossy. Here’s an in-depth look at the “boy beauty” movement and the ambassadors who are leading the way. If you’re headed to the Women’s March in Washington D.C. this weekend, prepare with these pro-tips from veteran protesters on what to pack, wear, and bring. —Jinnie Lee Writer Morgan… → Read More
Rookie » Daily Links: Yes We Did Edition
Happy Wednesday! Start your day with these Daily Links… Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via BuzzFeed. President Obama gave his final address as president last night. His farewell address was part good-bye and part rallying cry. It covered topics including immigration and the importance of our democratic process. I teared up at the end. —Diamond Sharp Read this gorgeous interview between… → Read More
Rookie » Daily Links: Beyoncé Takes Coachella Edition
Hey, Wednesday! Here’s the latest edition of Daily Links… Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via Jezebel. A Beyoncé performance is the nucleus around which the rest of my year forms. This year, the queen will take Coachella. At Jezebel, Kara Brown writes a perfect encapsulation of the excitement and mayhem attached to any Bey-related news. One of my resolutions is to read more poetry, this… → Read More
Rookie » Screen Time
Newsletter: Easy Action Easy Action is a newsletter that offers weekly ideas for organizing, boycotting, volunteering, donating, petitioning, and being an engaged citizen. It’s awesome, especially if November’s election results left you feeling galvanized but occasionally flattened. On Tuesdays, founder Sarah Blank sends a list of five ways “to channel your heartache into action.” No matter how… → Read More
Rookie » In Print
1Q84 Haruki Murakami 2011, Knopf 1Q84 is an alluring dystopian novel full of magic and alternate realities. It follows Aomame, a fitness instructor by day and murderer of abusive men by night. Her life in Tokyo is entwined with the life of Tengo, a math teacher at a cram school and writer. Love and strength connects them in the most fascinating and graceful ways. Their destinies change suddenly… → Read More
Rookie » Screen Time
TV Show: High Maintenance (HBO, 2016–) High Maintenance feels genuinely diverse, nuanced, and empathetic—in its narratives and its characters. Each episode of the show, which began as a web series, is packaged like a short story that follows a new protagonist at a detailed, micro-level. For example: a young gay man is in a toxic friendship; a Muslim-American college student rebels while living… → Read More
Rookie » In Print
It Chooses You Miranda July 2011, McSweeney’s As a teenager, I started interviewing different writers and artists for my zine. I so badly wanted to be an adult, safely on the other side of high school, which compelled me to seek out people I looked up to try to figure out their secrets, and to find the best way to navigate creativity and growing up. I regretted that it was difficult to find ways… → Read More
Rookie » The Summer After Trayvon Martin
How We Live is a series centering on the lived experience and thought of black teenagers. The summer of George Zimmerman’s trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin, I was overwrought and tense, my body and spirit coiled with a frenetic energy that I did not know how to channel outward. I was fighting and stumbling my way through depression as I typically have, which is not very well at all. I… → Read More