Hanna Phifer

2 weeks ago | hannaphifer.com | Hanna Phifer

Throughout the book, the character of Sabrina talks a lot about wanting her career to be legitimized, whether by institutions or by her father. Have you experienced personal frustration when people view you as a “real” comedian and actress only now because you've been on traditional TV versus when you're just on the internet? I think that there's gotta be some subconscious thing there that was infused into the story.

1 month ago | hannaphifer.com | Hanna Phifer

It shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me when a few weeks ago I learned not only what the Let Them Theory was but also its meteoric success. Sentiments of conflict avoidance couched in therapy language have been growing for a while now and it seems like another Oprah endorsed loon has come in to exploit those attitudes.

1 month ago | hannaphifer.com | Hanna Phifer

In her latest memoir Sucker Punch, Scaachi Koul was looking for “a boon.” Or in other words, she was looking for a blessing, primarily from her parents, to affirm her choice to marry her long time white boyfriend. However years after receiving it, when she’s finally married, Koul realizes that the blessing she was looking for was on the other side of her eventual divorce.

2 months ago | lithub.com | Hanna Phifer

A group of Palestinian children in Gaza gathered around microphones on November 7 2023 to make a heartfelt plea for their safety as Israel continued its ongoing genocidal campaign on the strip. The speaker of the group, a young boy who looks no older than ten, reads with a heavy accented English from a piece of paper.

Dec 25, 2024 | nj.com | Hanna Phifer

As America grapples with conversations about representation and equity in sports, the story of Clareesa Shields begins in Flint, Michigan. In the city that became synonymous over the last decade with crisis, the young Black woman, who became the first American to win back to back gold medals in the Olympics for boxing, was reared. Yet even Olympic gold couldn’t guarantee equal treatment.