Pop Culture Collaborative

Nov 16, 2022

Want Narrative Power? Invest in Narrative Infrastructure.

Introducing a new guide for social justice narrative infrastructure grantmaking — By Tracy Van Slyke, Chief Strategy Officer, Pop Culture Collaborative “My truth is I don’t want a chair at the table… I want the table to be rebuilt. In my likeness. And in the likeness of others long forced out of the room.” …

Narrative Change

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Want Narrative Power? Invest in Narrative Infrastructure.

Narrative Change

9 min read

Mar 17, 2022

To change the world, transform narrative oceans

by Bridgit Antoinette Evans I’d like you to imagine a vast, swirling ocean. In this ocean, picture a tiny fish swimming around. (In the spirit of pop culture, let’s call him Nemo.) Nemo is doing fish things: eating plankton, checking in with his fish friends, going to fish school. …

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To change the world, transform narrative oceans

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Apr 13, 2021

At the Speed of Trust

Five ways to strengthen our narrative rapid response power By Erin Potts & Tracy Van Slyke The Muslim travel ban. Families separated at the border. Black Lives Matter. Black Panther. #MeToo. The launch of Times Up at the 2018 Golden Globes. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung…

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Jul 27, 2020

Why I Wish I’d Never Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale”

A call for the pop culture stories America needs right now — By Bridgit Antoinette Evans It often appears in the quiet of night. I shut my eyes and try to imagine the future. An image, always the same image, darts into my mind. The first thing I notice about this future is that I’m not in it. Somehow, I have been…

Television

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Why I Wish I’d Never Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Television

10 min read