Introduction -- Identity/politics -- Tragedy plays on an infinite loop -- Am I a bad person if je ne suis pas Charlie? -- Seduction of safety, on campus and beyond -- White crime -- Case against hope -- Cops don't belong at pride -- Why people are so awful online -- Why I've decided to take my podcast off Spotify -- It's time to rage -- Don't talk to me about civility on Tuesday morning, those children were alive -- Matter of Black lives -- Why I can't forgive Dylann Roof -- On the death of Sandra Bland and our vulnerable bodies -- Of lions and men: mourning Samuel DuBose and Cecil the Lion -- Where are Black children safe? -- Alton Sterling and when Black Lives stop mattering -- How to build a monument -- World expects Black men to make themselves smaller. My brother never did -- Making people uncomfortable can get you killed -- Civic responsibilities -- Who gets to be angry? -- Voting with my head and heart -- Hate that doesn't hide (on Trump's presidency) -- No one is coming to save us from Trump's racism -- You're disillusioned. That's fine. Vote anyway -- How we save ourselves -- I am shattered but ready to fight -- For the culture -- So fast, so damn furious -- Nickel and dimed (Mitchell Jackson's The residue years -- Why the beach is a bummer -- Discomfort zone (The unspeakable by Meghan Daum) -- Bridled vows (Jenny Offill's Dept. of speculation) -- Food TV's sadistic glee -- Marriage plot -- Warning signs (The sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates) -- Wise crack (Delicious foods by James Hannaham) -- Oscars and Hollywood's race problem -- Black Lives imagined (Jodi Picoult's Small great things) -- I don't want to watch slavery fan fiction -- Mockingbird reconsidered -- Can I enjoy art but denounce the artist? -- Roseanne is gone, but the culture that gave her a show isn't -- Insatiable is lazy, insulting from start to finish -- Legacy of Toni Morrison -- After Chadwick Boseman's iconic Black Panther, should King T'Challa be recast? -- How to collect art -- Man problems -- Why are most Father's day gifts so terrible? -- Nate Parker and the limits of empathy -- Dear men: It's you too -- Louis C.K. and the men who think justice takes as long as they want it to -- I thought men might do better than this -- Dave Chappelle's brittle ego -- Jada Pinkett Smith shouldn't have to take a joke. Neither should you -- Minding other folks' business -- Madonna's spring awakening -- Charlie, come in -- Nicki Minaj, always in control -- Melina Matsoukas's fearless vision -- Janelle Monáe's Afrofuture -- Sarah Paulson has no fear -- Talented Tessa Thompson -- Where Jordan Casteel sees herself going -- This is Pamela, finally -- Solicited advice -- Yes, your job is important. But it's not all important -- Ask Roxane: Is it too late to follow my dreams? -- Ask Roxane: I'm outraged but failing at activism. Why? -- Ask Roxane: Where the hell is the love of my life?