“I don’t need a crown to know that I’m a queen.”

September 28, 2020 4:04 PM

Claudia Rankine writes in Vogue about her conversation with Lizzo on Hope, Justice, and the Election [medium read with fashion photography]

A lovely character profile of a personal and MetaFilter favorite.

posted by hippybear (4 comments total)

My social circles and newsfeeds being what they are, I for one second thought Lizzo was now streaming Fall Guys and I would a thousand percent watch that.
posted by Scattercat at 4:26 PM on September 28, 2020

These two women are both treasures. I have this feeling like the article was the very tip of a potentially much deeper iceberg. I would love to hear them talk very candidly. I had the chance to talk with Claudia Rankine when she was teaching in Southern California, and I found her so extremely human and gentle. I haven't picked up her new book, yet, but I'm sure I will. And now I'm listening to Lizzo, which brings me right back to a perfectly-timed 2019 break-up...
posted by vocativecase at 6:07 PM on September 28, 2020

Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric, is perhaps the most engrossing read on race I've ever read. Excited to dive in.
posted by matrixclown at 6:39 PM on September 28, 2020 [3 favorites]

Thanks vocativecase, read this the other day but on mobile Vogue doesn’t tell you who is the author! Really enjoyed this profile.
posted by ellieBOA at 10:17 PM on September 28, 2020 [1 favorite]