Spotify’s recent acquisition of The Ringer and the effects of media consolidation and Personal essay that describes the discomfort felt in hearing black music become the default choice for high end spaces and how black music is cherrypicked as being beneficial to commercial spaces.
The complex conversation surrounding “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (a novel about a Mexican mom and her son fleeing for the United States) which revolves around the question of who should tell what stories and Perception of waiting staff in restaurants and what the effects are of good service on dining experiences.