Jennifer Gerson | The 19th

Dancers and choreographers talk about yellowface in “The Nutcracker” and how a fear of pigeonholing hinders them in expanding the art.

A new documentary and a classic book’s film adaptation bring Blume’s work to a new generation, all while experts on censorship and literature reflect on the beloved author’s continued significance.

In 2007, Rissi Palmer became the first Black woman to have a country song reach a Billboard chart since Dona Mason in 1987. Palmer was acutely aware of the 20-year gap, which she came to understand more as an erasure of the contributions of Black women to country music than a simple absence of their presence.