MEDIA Tanisha is an award-winning writer, cultural critic, and Professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her commitment to social justice and communities of color is evident in everything she produces. FEATURED IN: TV AND LECTURES Analyzing Childish Gambino's powerful music video, "This is America" Grit & Glamour Show w/ Ruby Veridiano Kanye West: 400 years of slavery "sounds like a choice" Starbucks changes its bathroom policy, starts "racial bias" training Is Starbucks' racial bias training enough? Chicago Humanities Festival How the hit series "Scandal" changed television The Grassroots Modeling Group Who Pioneered “Black Is Beautiful” Black Is Beautiful roundtable at Museum of the African Diaspora #MCNYlive: "Black Is Beautiful:" Fashion and Consciousness Left of Black with Tanisha C. Ford Conversations in Black Freedom Studies - Protest, Women and Performance SELECTED ARTICLES Harper's BazaarSocialite Mollie Moon Used Fashion Shows to Fund the Civil Rights Movement The AtlanticHow Rihanna’s Fenty Line Is Challenging Luxury-Fashion Norms New york timesShould Black Northerners Move Back South? THE ATLANTICWhy Fashion Is Key to Understanding the World of 'Black Panther' The New York TimesOverlooked: Zelda Wynn Valdes The AtlanticTo Understand Us, Pay Attention to the Outfits The AtlanticWhat the ‘Hollywood Jim Crow’ Looks Like Today The AtlanticThe Revolutionary Power of Pies in 'Queen Sugar' The AtlanticThe Complexity of Black Girlhood Is at the Heart of 'The Hate U Give' THE ROOT'Selma' Costumes Reveal Class and Consciousness of the Movement THE root'Boomerang' at 25 Isn’t Just a ’90s Eddie Murphy Flick; It’s a World We Want to Live In elleThe Ghosts of 808 E. Lewis Street RADIO AND PODCASTS NPR Weekend EditionRihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With 'Fenty' Brand WNYC The TakeawayNew York City Considers Ban on Fur Dressed: the history of fashion podcastDressed in Dreams with Dr. Tanisha C. Ford the secret lives of black womenLearning the Real Meaning of Our Clothes with Tanisha Ford marketplaceRace & Economy: How clothing can be a ‘tool of resistance’ for the love podcastCelebrating the Rich Legacy of Black Culture, Art & Fashion WNYC the takeawayOlivia Pope Hangs Up Her White Hat For Good Dressed: The History of Fashion PodcastLiberated Threads with Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
