Collier Meyerson
Collier Meyerson is a Knobler Fellow at Type Media Center. She is also a contributor at WIRED Magazine and New York Magazine. She received an Emmy for her work on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes and has won two awards from the National Association of Black Journalists for her writing. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Glamour, New York Magazine, n+1, the New York Times Magazine, and WIRED, among others.
Recent Work
Tiffany Cabán Wants to Reimagine Criminal Justice in Queens
Tiffany Cabán, a career public defender, is running for district attorney of Queens with an ambitious criminal-justice-reform agenda.
By Collier Meyerson in the Intelligencer.
Every Black Woman Deserves a Doula
On the December day I found out I was carrying a baby, the only thing I could think about was my own mortality.
By Collier Meyerson in New York Magazine.
The Invisible Reality of Brand-New Motherhood on Instagram
My Instagram fantasy seemed a natural extension of my recent relationship with the platform. By Collier Meyerson in WIRED.
Black Americans Face ‘Impossible Choices’ at Election Time. Alicia Garza Wants to Change That.
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement talked to The Nation about her initiative to engage skeptics and build political power among black communities.
A Crop of Reform-Minded Mayors Is Trying to Fix Policing and Fight Mass Incarceration
In their choice of a police chief and through other local initiatives, mayors can make major strides in improving the way their constituents interact with police and the criminal justice system.
#MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’
The “enthusiastic consent” standard imagines a future in which pressure and coercion aren’t part of bad sex at all.