Black Tennis Clubs + Trello Romance
| This Week In Mash-Up America |
The week of May 25, 2024 was the romance of Trello and Slack for spousal management; admiring Garfield as the ultimate gourmand; and making plans for summer wave pools. Don’t hate us.
THE MASH-UP AMERICANS:
It’s Memorial Day weekend, sure, but it’s also the start of wedding season (which is maybe our favorite season). If you, like many Mash-Ups we know, are gearing up to be united in mashy matrimony, take a twirl through our Relationships archive that features a few weddings, some hot planning tips, and essays from people who’ve been through it.
MASH-UPS IN THE NEWS:
How The Country’s Oldest Black Tennis Club Is Keeping The Sport Alive In Bronzeville
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
“The nation’s first Black tennis club started on privately owned land needs help repairing its tennis courts, and club members are looking to the public for support.” Let’s help them reach $50K!
YOASOBI’s Global J-Pop Overthrow
PAPER MAG
Update your playlists: the new face of J-Pop is here and they’re coming for the States. After performing at both the White House and Coachella, YOASOBI’s got a new EP and loads more projects in the works.
There’s A Cash Value To White Privilege. This Author Calculated Hers To Be $372,000.
MARKETWATCH
Author Tracie McMillan put a number to her white privilege and that of five other families in her book, The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America. McMillan, who grew up in between working and middle class, said that “whiteness has buoyed me up in my hardest moments.” Real talk.
How America Tried And Failed To Stay White
THE WASHINGTON POST
An interesting timeline of who the U.S. decided to let in (or keep out) and when, all in the name of preserving the sanctity of America’s “pure Anglo-Saxon stock.” Yuck. But even grosser: This year, immigration became voters’ “most important problem.”
Another Provocative Flag Was Flown At Another Alito Home
THE NEW YORK TIMES
When will it end??? Neighbors of Justice Alito, he of the anti-LGBTQ statements and the “fetal rights” movement, spotted the Pine Tree flag flying outside his home. They must really think we’re that dumb.
Reimagining Democracy For A Good Life
ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL via LINKEDIN
In her new podcast, Angela Glover Blackwell explores how to realize the potential of our democracy to achieve a good life for all, focusing on one of the most unlikely of places: Los Angeles, California. Episodes 1 through 4 are out now.
THROWBACK: Together We Make A Family
CNN (Dec 2017)
Seven years after this article was first published and we’re still dealing with the same inclusivity and diversity issues. One writer shares what it’s like to be part of a disabled, biracial, (and totally normal) American family.
How Free School Meals Went Mainstream
THE NEW YORK TIMES
More than 21 million American children now attend schools that offer free meals regardless of family income — a tenfold increase from 2010. Love that we’re doing at least *one* thing right by our kids.
In a Place With A History Of Hate, An Unlikely Fight Against GOP Extremism
THE WASHINGTON POST
File under “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”: a group of disaffected, self-described “traditional” Republicans in North Idaho has spent the past two years planning to wrest back control from leaders who they accuse of steering the local GOP toward extremism.
A Nationwide Abortion Ban Could Really Happen. You Can Thank Anthony Comstock’s Suitcase Full of Dildos.
MOTHER JONES
Modern American Puritans who sit on judicial benches are jolting new life into the 1873 Comstock Act that criminalized contraceptives, abortifacients, sex toys, pornography, or sexual content. Wake up, everybody, it’s happening again.
From ‘The Sympathizer’ To ‘Past Lives,’ American Audiences Warm To Subtitles
THE NEW YORK TIMES
“In Hollywood today, not only are Asian and Asian American narratives more prominent than ever, but they are also being told in increasingly dynamic ways through the artful use of Asian languages.” To which we say, more, more, more.
