The Whitewashing of Kamala Harris
With the media's freeze-out of the California senator, are we losing one of our best Democratic contenders for the presidency?
Lizzie Skurnick
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Lizzie Skurnick is the editor of PRETTY BITCHES: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women. She's a frequent contributor to the NYT, NPR, Topic, Elle, and many other outlets, and the founding editor of the YA imprint Lizzie Skurnick Books. She teaches at NYU and lives in Jersey City.
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