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Evette Dionne

MSNBC Columnist

Evette Dionne is a culture journalist, critic and editor who writes extensively about pop culture as it relates to race, gender and size. "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box," her middle-grade nonfiction book, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Her debut essay collection, “Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul,” was released in 2022.

Evette Dionne is a culture journalist, critic and editor who writes extensively about pop culture as it relates to race, gender and size. "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box," her middle-grade nonfiction book, was nominated for a National Book Award and won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Her debut essay collection, “Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul,” was released in 2022.

Latest from Evette Dionne

17d ago

Netflix’s Menendez brothers series is irresponsible storytelling

Thirty-five years after Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents, Ryan Murphy uses "Monsters" on Netflix to suggest the siblings were intimately involved.
18d ago

Life for this woman's killer shows how far we've come and what we might lose

Daqua Lameek Ritter was sentenced to life in federal prison for the 2019 murder of Pebbles LaDime Doe, a transgender Black woman he had a relationship with.
55d ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ arrest is only the first step to accountability

Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested at the Park Hyatt hotel in New York Monday, based on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of New York.
174d ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs wanted us to believe Cassie was lying. Then came the tape.

Hotel surveillance video corroborates an account of abuse Cassie leveled against Sean "Diddy" Combs, but the mogul's apology doesn't mention his victim.
197d ago

In honor of Martin Luther King, Morehouse should rescind Biden's invitation to speak

Morehouse students, faculty and alumni have expressed anger at the school's decision to invite President Joe Biden to give a commencement address May 19.
345d ago

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ movie launches Blue Ivy’s stardom into space

In addition to Beyoncé, the 'Renaissance' film chronicles the ascension of another star in her orbit: Blue Ivy Carter.
362d ago

Jezebel helped make me the feminist I am. What'll the next generation do without it?

G/O Media has shuttered Jezebel, the culture-shifting feminist publication that published rigorous and honest stories about pop culture and politics.
418d ago

Drake using Halle Berry’s photo to promote himself may be legal. But it's far from right.

Halle Berry says Drake used a photo of her to promote his new single "Slime You Out" after he asked her and she told him "no."
465d ago

Allegations that Lizzo harassed and fat-shamed dancers have fans like me reeling

Is it possible to treat people well and still be on top of the world? That’s one question that this week's lawsuit against Lizzo has me asking.
492d ago

Keke Palmer can wear whatever she wants to wear. Her body is hers — and hers alone.

Keke Palmer can wear whatever she wants to wear. Black Twitter made that clear this week following her boyfriend’s body-shaming comments.
519d ago

Janelle Monáe has ushered in 'The Age of Pleasure.' And it’s right on time.

Janelle Monáe is embracing pleasure and reminding us to do the same. It’s a timely invite as LGBTQ rights come under fire.