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Vanessa Taylor

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Freelance Writer — Freelance
Minneapolis, Philadelphia
As seen in: Medium, The New York Times, The IMDb Show, The Independent, Variety, VICE, Al Jazeera, ThoughtCo, INSIDER, CINEMABLEND and more
Covers:  Activism, Afro-pessimism, Feminism, Islam, Music, (Pop) Culture, Queerness, Religion, Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty, Television, Music, Politics
founding eic @drinkingourdmag / politics @mic / @nazarnewsletter / ✍🏽 many places / vanessa.taylorr@protonmail.com / signal: 612-305-8211

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Biography

Vanessa Taylor is a writer currently based in Philadelphia, although the Midwest will always be home. She has work in outlets such as Teen Vogue, Racked, and Catapult. Her work focuses on exploring Black Muslim womanhood and the taboo. You can follow her across social media at @bacontribe.

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Chance The Rapper's Religious Themes Transcend Theism

Chance The Rapper's Religious Themes Transcend Theism

Chance was introduced to me when my life held the illusion of togetherness; after my first arrest, but before…

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Black, Queer, And Muslim: On Faith, Self-Care, And Identity

Black, Queer, And Muslim: On Faith, Self-Care, And Identity

The following six people are black, queer, and Muslim; they include black Americans and black diasporans alik…

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The (Anti) Black Roots of Islamophobia in the US

The (Anti) Black Roots of Islamophobia in the US

Do you understand what I mean by telling you the first Muslims in the US were Black?

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The (Anti) Black A** Roots of America's Islamophobia

The (Anti) Black A** Roots of America's Islamophobia

Do you understand what I mean by telling you the first Muslims in the US were Black?

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The (Anti) Black-Ass Roots of America's Islamophobia

The (Anti) Black-Ass Roots of America's Islamophobia

Do you understand what I mean by telling you the first Muslims in the US were Black?

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What was missing from Hidden Figures... and why I appreciated it the most

What was missing from Hidden Figures... and why I appreciated it the most

Within movies, we see our realities being hyped and put on display, following old traditions in regards to re…

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Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census is on hold - for now

By Vanessa Taylor
mic.com — Every 10 years, the census is conducted to give an official count of people living in the United States, regardless of their citizenship status. Its numbers are then used to determine how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives, state funding, and more. But this year, President Trump pushed to leave undocumented immigrants out of the count.
Dec 14, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, is the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the U.S.

By Vanessa Taylor
mic.com — Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine. Given that officials had anticipated the move for weeks, there was no hesitation when it came to getting those vaccines on the move. To start off the week, many Americans woke up to FedEx and UPS celebrating their first deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine.
Dec 14, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?

Trump is mad at the FDA for being a "big, old, slow turtle" and not approving the Pfizer vaccine yet

By Vanessa Taylor
mic.com — Since the pandemic began, President Trump and his administration have mishandled it at every turn. The one major investment Trump did make was pushing billions into developing a coronavirus vaccine. With the president on his way out and a vaccine on the horizon, it's clear he doesn't want any part of that victory to fall to President-elect Joe Biden. So, Trump is using Twitter to pressure the FDA into approving the coronavirus vaccine before he leaves off.
Dec 11, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?
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@BaconTribe — 12,893 followers, 33,036 tweets

Dec 14, 2020
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RT @OBSIDIANPodcast: We spoke with writer @bacontribe about her creative process with this stomach-turning story. You can check our IG… https://t.co/tgmm8mvKoB
Dec 14, 2020
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@BaconTribe
RT @OBSIDIANPodcast: If you want to help us produce more stories like this, you can donate to our PayPal at  https://bit.ly/obsidianpaypal . It… https://t.co/Xs4FfGuHi2
Dec 14, 2020
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@BaconTribe
RT @OBSIDIANPodcast: @bacontribe’s WHEN THE BUILDINGS BEGAN TO BLEED opens our REWIND with a chilling story of desperate measures taken in…
Dec 14, 2020
Vanessa Taylor
@BaconTribe
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Dec 12, 2020
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Interview

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! My grandma would take me into her office and I'd spend hours on one. I was probably responsible for 80% of their office's paper costs.

How is social media changing news?

From my experience, I've used social media in activism to force national attention on issues that would otherwise be ignored.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter, by far.
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