Category: Media
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Friday Favorites: Priyanka Chopra on the Cover of Vogue
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Today’s Friday Favorite is Priyanka Chopra on the cover of the January 2019 edition of Vogue magazine. Here’s why: Anytime a beautiful woman of color graces the cover of Vogue magazine is a win in my book. (#RepresentationMatters!) And Priyanka Chopra is so gorgeous, this cover made me swoon. I’m not going…
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Kickstarting the MAMP Podcast
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I need your help. As you all know, I launched the My American Meltingpot podcast last month on November 23. We now have two episodes, plus the trailer available and our third episode will be released on December 21st. Things are moving so fast! It’s crazy to me that one year ago,…
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4 Days to Launch: Confessions of a Podcast Newbie
Hello Meltingpot Readers, You may be excited about Thanksgiving coming up this week, but I’m more excited about the day after Thanksgiving. Because that’s the day I launch the My American Meltingpot podcast! via GIPHY I’ve already posted the trailer on the blog so you can listen to that and get a taste of what…
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My American Melting – Pod!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It should come to no surprise to any of you that I have become a big fan of podcasts. I know I’m late to the game, as podcasts have been around for more than a decade, but hey, better late than never, right? Unlike many people who fell in love with podcasts…
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Friday Favorites: Touré Show
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I love Fridays. Not only because Friday is the beginning of the weekend, but because I get to share with you some of my favorite things. And this week, my favorite thing is a new podcast called, Touré Show. True confession, I’m kind of late to the podcast party. I only recently…
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Why Ms. Meltingpot Will Definitely be Watching “The Rachel Divide”
Hello Meltingpot Readers, We all remember Rachel Dolezal, right? You know, the chapter president of the NAACP in Spokane, Washington who was outed as a white woman in blackface by her parents in 2015. And since that time, despite the desperate pleas of many a Black person to stop playing racial Halloween, not to mention…
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The Meltingpot Got a Makeover – But We’re Not Quite Done Yet
Hello Meltingpot Readers, How do you like our new look here at My American Meltingpot? I decided I wanted to update the design in honor of my return to blogging after an almost two-year hiatus. I hope you like our snazzy new logo, designed by Mt. Airy-based graphic designer extraordinaire, Tesia Barone of Killer B.…
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The Most Meltingpot Moment at the 2018 Oscars: Common and Andra Day’s “Stand Up” Performance
I’m going to admit, the only Oscar nominated film I saw in 2017 was Get Out, so I wasn’t all the excited to tune into the Oscars this year. But as a chronicler of pop culture for the Meltingpot, I had to tune in to see what went down. Hands down, the most Meltingpot moment…
