by Louise | 2 September 2018 | Current events and commentary, Essays |
Reading time: 5 minutes I got on an airplane just nine days after 9/11. The atmosphere at Baltimore-Washington international Airport was tense. Everyone was watchful and nervous and on edge. There were National Guardsmen all over the place, in their uniforms, with...
by Louise | 5 August 2018 | Current events and commentary, Essays |
Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark in “The Help” Reading time: 5 minutes I’ve watched the movie The Help many times over the years, and there’s something about it I never noticed until just the other night. You know that part at the beginning where...
by Louise | 8 July 2018 | Current events and commentary, Essays |
Photo from a performance of “Hands Up: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments.” Reading time: 5 minutes Three and a half years ago, I saw one of the most powerful, visceral, humorous, scary, and dangerous pieces of theater I’ve ever seen in my life, either...
by Louise | 21 May 2017 | Current events and commentary |
At the Toastmasters Conference Reading time: 2 minutes I was at a Toastmasters conference yesterday, and a man I know asked me, “What did you think of the keynote speech?” I replied, “It was the quintessential story of a self-made American man.” I was completely...
by Louise | 13 April 2017 | Current events and commentary |
Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out.” Reading time: 1 minute SPOILER ALERT! Kyle and I went to see “Get Out” last Saturday. My idea. He hadn’t wanted to see it, because he thought I’d castigate myself too much for the...
by Louise | 26 February 2017 | Current events and commentary |
Summer McLane, on Facebook Live, 30 January 2017. 14 min. Reading time: 1 minute. “You know, everyone wants to say, “Oh, love, love, I choose love.” What do you think this is?? I’ve said this so many times before. What do you think this is? This isn’t love? What do...
