Attorney, BRCA awareness advocate. Words in NYT Opinion, NPR, O Magazine, ZORA, Huffington Post, Washington Post and others. Contact: erika.stallings@gmail.com
Sep 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I don’t know who needs to hear this but as a Black employee you should be documenting everything that goes down at the job—both good and bad
I have a folder for “praise” and a folder for “shade”. It’s important to be able to have this stuff written down or archived for reviews or if you need to negotiate an exit/severance package
Feb 23, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
A consistent theme in a lot of these poorly written essays on Blackness we’ve seen this month is (1) a desire for white approval which goes in-interrogated by the author and (2) a belief that there’s only one way to be Black and that way is usually a stereotypical one
The author of that Harper Bazaar’s piece longs for Black intimacy but her description of what she’s looking for is just AAVE? Black people are somehow being fake if they don’t talk like this?
In real life Charlotte wouldn’t be the private school mom that’s cool with BW parent but whatever #AndJustLikeThat
Also why do the writers hate Steve? They’re writing him as being this bumbling old man and I don’t understand why #AndJustLikeThat
Sep 11, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Everyone is upset about that activism reality TV show competition but it seems like the natural end result of everything that’s been happening since 2014. Blue Vest doing ads for Doritos. Activists with real estate portfolios. Activists signing deals with major talent agencies
Ben Crump has an agent. Shaun King has a clothing line. Look at everyone who hustled a TV/movie/book deal out of the uprisings this summer. The genie is out of the bottle
May 9, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I sometimes wonder if people try to diversify certain spaces to feel less guilty about their participation in those spaces
Like removing To Kill a Mockingbird from the curriculum because it uses the N word doesn’t change the fact that you’ve chosen to send your kid to an elitist private school that also (likely) contributes to segregation in K-12 schooling
Feb 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My theory is that Clubhouse's popularity comes from the fact that the barrier for entry to attempt to be an influencer is relatively low compared to YouTube, IG or even Twitter
No need to produce perfect videos or photos. Just start rooms and talk a lot
Nov 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Does anyone else just have moments where the full weight of the realization that the federal government has abandoned us during a pandemic hits you?
I mean I think about the pandemic all day and am constantly figuring out how to best be of service but sometimes I’ll just be reading or drinking a glass of wine and the full weight of this moments hits me
