Tamara Winfrey Harris is a writer, specializing in the intersection of current events, politics, and pop culture with race and gender. The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America is her first book.

Tamara’s work has appeared in the ...

Tamara Winfrey Harris is a writer, specializing in the intersection of current events, politics, and pop culture with race and gender. The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America is her first book.

Tamara’s work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, In These Times, Ms., and Bitch magazines and online at The American Prospect, Salon, The Guardian, Newsweek/Daily Beast, Jane Pratt’s XO Jane, The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and Clutch magazine. Her writing career began with the personal blog What Tami Said. Her writing there has been referenced by New York magazine and a host of sites dedicated to feminism and race. Tamara has appeared as an expert in media, including on NPR’s Weekend Edition. And she was also a senior editor at Racialicious, a blog devoted to conversations about race. 

Tamara graduated with a BA degree from the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University. She is also a graduate of the Maynard Institute’s Editing Program for Minority Journalists. She has more than twenty years of experience in journalism, public relations, and marketing, and she teaches public speaking to college students. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.