Tami Winfrey Harris of Clutch - xoJane

A Black Mom-In-Chief Is Revolutionary: What White Feminists Get Wrong About Michelle Obama

Tami Winfrey Harris of Clutch — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:30:00 -0400

Some mainstream feminists unwittingly erase a key part of Michelle Obama's identity–her blackness–and deny the experiences and histories of many African American women in the process.

Making Peace With Tyler Perry

Tami Winfrey Harris of Clutch — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:30:00 -0400

This is not another article about how Tyler Perry is ruining black America with his minstrelsy, sexism or thoughtless religiosity. There are enough articles like that. I have written several myself.

What’s Wrong with ‘Honey Boo Boo’?

Tami Winfrey Harris of Clutch — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:30:00 -0400

Some folks may be made uncomfortable by “Honey Boo Boo” because it challenges their association of thin, shining, educated middle-classness with whiteness and Southern accents, fatness and poverty with blackness.