Author: Nicole McKenna

Trump’s Twitter attacks on the NFL show us he’s the one being “un-American”

Every Sunday, new stories and tweets appear offering updates on a protest that has caught the nation’s attention — players in the National Football League (NFL) silently kneeling during the National Anthem.The protests have attracted not only the media’s attention but also that of the man in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump has publicly said that any player who kneels is a “son of a bitch” ...

‘Whitelash’ after “Get Out” hits the screen

Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” captures a satirical view of what it means to be black in today’s America — but it’s received plenty of backlash from (white) folks who criticize it for disrupting the status quo.Though it scored a 99 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, some comments on the review site, an article in Ethics Alarm and others by Debbie Schlussel and Christine Stoddard demonstrate the pushback the fi...

New song, same Taylor: “Look What You Made Me Do” embodies revenge, victimhood and refusal to take blame

Taylor Swift’s new music video “Look What You Made Me Do” set a new record, reaching 43.2 million views in the first 24 hours it was posted to YouTube.Some loved it and a lot of people hated it.After weeks of refusing to listen, I gave in. After hearing it a few times, I wondered, “Is this really a ‘new Taylor?’ Is the old Taylor really dead? Or is she telling the same narrative, just with an angr...