Leslie Gray Streeter
@lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social
Baltimore Banner columnist, author, speaker and House Hunters enthusiast.
New Substack: Why #ProjectRunway sucks so bad this year. You know it does. lesliestreeter.substack.com/p/paging-tim...
Paging Tim Gunn: Saving "Project Runway," before it spontaneously combusts
If it's even possible.
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My old website got super messed up by updates and internet gremlin stuff. My new one, made by my friend Sam Lewis, is really good and ready to go! Check it out and find out what I'm up to! lesliegraystreeter.com
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I'm back on Substack! Check me out! lesliestreeter.substack.com/publish/post...
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I sort of think I am transitioning from my 90s elder estistique into a GenX rich auntie realness. Suggestions for brands and looks? I'm going to thrift most of it.
Black Auntie's Skittles Reaction
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@michaelschulman.bsky.social I am a much more local and less impressive chronicler of film who has just listened to “Oscar Wars” on Audible. You don’t need me to tell you it’s brilliant, combining labor, racial, feminist and political history with the glitter. I’m godsmacked and elated. Thanks.
Here's my column for @thebaltimorebanner.com on the new Trader Joe's that's very very technically in Baltimore City. It's not good enough. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: The new Baltimore City Trader Joe’s is not the store we’ve been asking for
COLUMN | After years of Baltimore City asking for a Trader Joe's, we finally get one ... that's so close to the county, there's a county office building in the parking lot. I don't think that's good e...
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Is “Challengers” worth watching? It’s been on 10 minutes and I’m bored.
Art Donaldson, Tashi Duncan & Patrick Zweig Kiss
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I am cobbling together a tour for “Beignets and Big Feelings,” due on Oct 13 from Lake Union Publishing. Putting together dates into the new year for readings, signings, book clubs and the like between the DMV and New England! Let me know if you wanna book!
I don't know if you heard of two young people being allegedly killed by the 16-year-old sister's jealous boyfriend. I am terrified. For @thebaltimorebanner.com I would like to talk to a social worker or child psychologists about teen dating violence. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Teen accused of killing Gwynn Oak siblings threatened victim days before shooting
The 16-year-old charged with killing Giovanna Myrie, 15, and her brother, Steve Allen, 9, threatened Myrie days before the shooting, police said.
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BGE is once again able to cut off your power for late payment. I think that with the heat and the economy, they should give people more time or even forgiveness. And now they're asking for more money? In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: BGE should be more forgiving. Especially now.
COLUMN | BGE resumed cutting off people’s power for not paying their bills. I suggest forgiveness for those constantly playing catch-up, especially in this unforgiving heat.
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In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com I talk about how Somerset County wants to make their kids - and yours - less interesting and curious. Don't have boring kids. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Streeter: Somerset County’s school board wants to make your kids more ignorant
COLUMN | The Somerset County proposal to limit young adult book titles to kids 18 and older will make children less empathetic and — let’s face it — stupider.
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Inspired by #thefivestarweekend. Not perfect but fun.
In today's Baltimore Banner, I write about what will replace the Christopher Columbus statue that was toppled in Little Italy in 2020, and what do to next in public art. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: Statues should tell stories, not just praise powerful people
COLUMN | The Columbus statue in Little Italy will be occupied by a new work commemorating Italian immigrants. I think this should have been the way in the first place.
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Hey Maryland! In honor of the passing of the Vax Act, I’d like to talk to people who moved to or have stayed here because of policies like this, abortion rights and more. For Baltimore Banner.
I am so excited to see so many ladies of various experiences, sizes and ages proudly posting their races, no matter the pace. We are out there racking up the miles and the medals. Doing the work. Proud of us.
As a Baltimore girl, I used to love the National Anthem, written here. But the more I learned about it, and its slaveholding author, the more I fell out of love with it. In today's Baltimore Banner: www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: Why I broke up with ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
COLUMN | “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a freedom song written by an enslaver. What are we to make of the national anthem in Baltimore, a city that’s so proud of it?
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We are burying my aunt next week. I needed a last gasp of joy before the funeral. So I had breakfast with my mom and twin, took my kid to his victorious little league game, and to dinner with my sister. I also look great in a 20 year old dress, Docs I’m breaking in and my well-worn legs. Huzzah.
Looking for historians that can discuss the racist history of the National Anthem and Francis Scott Key for a @thebaltimorebanner.com column ASAP!
Whitney Houston's Iconic Super Bowl Anthem
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My @thebaltimorebanner.com column on Slutty Vegan's Pinky Cole. It's complicated, but we're all rooting for her. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: We’re all rooting for Pinky Cole. Her ups and downs are frustrating to watch.
COLUMN | It can be frustrating as a fan to watch the highs and lows of Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole, while knowing as a Black woman that the world is watching closely.
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RFK Jr. taking control overseeing disability education should be treated as the active threat that it is.
ICE detained people at my kid's school today, shaking him so much that he begged me to bring him home, but to bring his passport so he could prove he's an American. They are coming for us all. And now my kid knows. I hate this. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: ICE detained people outside my child’s school and forever changed him
COLUMN | My son called me panicked as ICE detained people outside his Baltimore City public school. It’s forever changed him — and me, too.
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In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com I write about understanding why people want to swim in the harbor. I just can't get there. I'll be applauding you from the dock, though! www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: I want a swimmable Inner Harbor. I still don’t want to swim in it.
COLUMN | I am excited about the idea of Baltimore’s harbor being swimmable. But you’re going to have to do it without your girl.
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I want to talk to Baltimore City residents who have gone out of their way to beautify the outdoor spaces homes with plants and flowers even when they don’t have yards. For @thebaltimorebanner.com ! Here’s mine!
Black Americans only: Do you spell the word "Grandaddy" with one "d" or "Granddaddy" with two? I am going through edits on my book and it came back with two "d"s and I've never spelled it that way, ever. Thoughts?
Batman Deep in Thought
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In today's @thebaltimorebanner.com - The families from the #Keybridge collapse settled before the civil trial, which has now been postponed indefinitely. Does not confronting the people they feel responsible for their loved one's deaths affect their healing? www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
Streeter: What justice can — and can’t — do for the families of the Key Bridge victims
COLUMN | The civil trial against the owner and operator of the Dali, which caused the fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was settled days before the trial. Does justice help with healing?
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Breaking News: We Just Won the Kennedy Center Case! Thank you Contrarian subscribers!!!! www.contrariannews.org/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: We Just Won the Kennedy Center Case!
Norm goes live to share the details of our HUGE legal victory and answer your burning questions.
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For @thebaltimorebanner.com I'm writing about how as a GenXer, I think it's time for us to get out of the way and let the younger generations lead. I want to talk to Marylanders between 18-30 about how local goings-on has shaped their views about how they are voting, and what needs to change. DM me!