Episode 16: Misogynoir and the Gayle King Backlash
Available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.
In this episode, we discuss the backlash Gayle King faced as a result of her interview with Lisa Leslie on Kobe Bryant’s rape allegations. We also talk about the woman whose child died from the flu after she took advice from a Facebook group for anti-vaxxers and we introduce a new segment called “Job Openings” in which Tia profiles stories of people who lost their jobs based on their own extremely poor judgment starting with the story of Mark Tranquilli—a Pittsburgh area judge who called a Black female juror “Aunt Jemima” while expressing his disagreement with the jury’s verdict.
Resources
Carrega, Christina. Judge reassigned for allegedly calling black woman juror 'Aunt Jemima'. ABC News. February 7, 2020.
Da Costa, Cassie. Snoop Dogg’s Attacks on Oprah and Gayle King and Defense of Kobe, MJ and Cosby Are Classic Misogynoir. The Daily Beast. February 6, 2020.
Tannenbaum, Michael. Long John Silver's manager allegedly put inmate boyfriend on payroll at Pennsylvania fast food joint. Philly Voice. February 5, 2020.
Zadrozny, Brandy. On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son Tamiflu. He later died. NBC News. February 6, 2020.
