Hello all! My name is Shani and I’d like to send many thanks to Jill for inviting me to guest.
It’s always so hard to write a bio post — I never know whether to be clever or straightforward. But my about-me goes a little something like this: I currently work as the associate editor at CampusProgress.org. In my spare time I blog at PostBourgie, the place that helped me become a better writer, with former Feministe guest bloggers G.D. and Jamelle Bouie (and an outstanding group of folks). I’ve written and/or guest blogged around the progressive innanet for Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spencer Ackerman, The Atlantic, and The American Prospect. Also, I totally just started a hair tumblr (I think I may explain why in a post this week). And you can find me on the Twitter, here.
The one good thing about bio posts is that you get to talk about yourself shamelessly. If you’re into that sort of thing, that is. In that spirit, I’m just going to list some of my favorite things — and I’d love for you to do so in the comments.
Food: curry goat (my mom is Jamaican)
Song/Singer: Sophisticated Lady, Ella Fitzgerald
Book: Main Street
Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar
More of my preferences will be revealed over the next two weeks, but more importantly, I hope to have a few good conversations with you all.
(Oh, and by the way, I’ll be guest-blogging at The American Prospect’s TAPPED blog this week as well, so feel free to stop by there. And if you’re into progressive policy, you should be reading it anyway.)