A painting of me
  • Ford bobbles the media. 

    But in the aftermath of an almost unimaginably humiliating week, he pulls off what could only be described as a public relations coup by hiding in plain view.

    The man is a champion.

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  • The Broker: In His Own Words. 

    Long before the Toronto Star labeled me the ‘broker’ as part of their story about a video of Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, I was helping young men in my community negotiate a future that did not involve a life of crime.

    His whole op-ed is really great.

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  • Our year of magical thinking. 

    It ends with a quote from Jon Steward: “Must be nice to live in a city so problem-free it can be run for years by a hard-drinking crack mayor.”

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  • The Pop Diaspora of M.I.A. 

    One of the most entertaining and frustrating things about being a fan of M.I.A has been watching white critics struggle to articulate her style while challenging her right to the aesthetic she cultivates. Artists of color aren’t often recognized for their sophistication or intent. Rather, they’re ascribed a “primitive rawness.”

    An interesting look at how M.I.A. is presented in the media.

    America has a sense of cultural blackness and a sense of cultural whiteness. M.I.A disrupts America’s nascent sense of South Asianess—one still orbiting just-happy-to-be-here spelling bee champions and accented sidekicks (Aziz Ansari and Mindy Kaling being exceptions not the rule).

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  • Don’t act so fucking shocked. 

    “If you want to hammer the mayor on his racism and homophobia, that’s great, but if you want the masses to care you need to take the right angle.”

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