Melissa Harris-Perry, Du Bois, and Trayvon Martin

I don't have anything to add to the discussion on the Zimmerman verdict that hasn't already been said, but I'd really like to link to this wonderful piece  from Melissa Harris-Perry's show from yesterday (full transcription at the link):

"But Du Bois was pointing to something different. Not just having problems, but being a problem. How does it feel to be a problem? To have your very body and the bodies of your children to be assume to be criminal, violent, malignant."

Links & Bits: 1/6/12

Racialicious gets a Tumblr.

Melissa Harris-Perry gets a show on MSNBC.

Lesley from xoJane has a problem with Tim Gunn.

The F-Word talks about influential women in punk , while Alice Bag explains punk feminism.