The Seduction of Misinformation
I received three texts like the one above last week. The first two came through last Monday, only a few days after the the initial sanctions started taking place (elbow bumps instead of… Continue reading
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The Need to Notice: Race, Representation and Single Stories during TV Pilot Season
As summer comes to an end, we not only prepare for a turn in the weather (hopefully) and a new school year, but also a new batch of TV shows — it’s pilot… Continue reading
Input needed! Thoughts on “13 Reasons Why”?
I’m a little late to the game in terms of conversations about the Netflix original show, 13 Reasons Why, but I just finished season 2 a few weeks ago (and only watched season one earlier… Continue reading
Introducing: Dr. Emily Bailin Wells
As many of you know, on May 16, 2018, I graduated with my doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. I am officially DR. Emily Bailin Wells! Besides giving birth to my daughter in… Continue reading
Collective Dreams + Desires: Intergenerational Insights on Civic Participation & Media Literacy
I’m so proud to share this report that I have had the honor and privilege of working on for the last 6+ months. Please download and share widely! NEW REPORT RELEASED COLLECTIVE DREAMS… Continue reading
What to Read, Watch & Think About in the Wake of Charlottesville
Like so many others, I’m still processing the events in Charlottesville which, …became the site of an extended white-supremacist revival meeting. On Friday night, like a nightmarish graduation procession, a few hundred white… Continue reading
Considerations for Digital Literacy/ies in a Climate of “Fake News”
For me, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is always a day for both remembrance and for action. Dr. King was a visionary who sought justice. Who fought for equality. Whose spoken and written… Continue reading
…now what?
Like so many others today, my heart is heavy. To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with our choices for president. Though I was excited about the prospect of our first female president, #iwasonlykindawithher… Continue reading
When you’re not sure how to enter the conversation (or if you should even be a part of it)…SPOILER ALERT: YOU SHOULD
In the aftermath of a series of jarring events–the deaths of Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, violence, protests–throughout the last few weeks, I know that so many people are hurting; are tired, angry, heartbroken.… Continue reading
Who Sees, Who Writes, Who Tells What Stories?
What if ‘Hamilton: The Musical’ is a satirical sociopolitical commentary on the ways in which we tend to remember and retell American history?