know how they manipulate [ bleep ]. nikki, congratulations. even though miley tried to chalk it up to press manipulation, the fans held her to it as well. fans responded with comment after comment all saying one thing. miley, what s good? joining me now to help answer that question are brittney cooper, assistant professor of women s and gender studies at rutgers. jamie killstein. and a coproducer of the documentary bad rap. so you stand there in the blonde locks, in the full appropriation of black womanhood absolutely. what is good? let me tell you something, nicki minaj is my she-ro. she told miley bow down in the words of beyonce and miley
decade ago which is that candidates care about black lives. there you go. i would enjoy covering kim kardashian as first lady. do you man, it would be enjoyable. it would make for tv ratings. thank you for sticking around. i m supposed to a say something clever to make me miss the next segment. do not go anywhere, because this guy, jamie killstein is about to make his television debut. yes, he ll play his guitar and give us a preview of the first studio album. he has never done this before on television and quite frankly we have no idea how it will go. it may be a smash hit or a slow moving train wreck, so find out next. lling 18 homes? easy. lling 18 homes? easy. building them all in four and a half months? now that was a leap. i was calling in every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. and i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials.
welcome back. i m melissa harris-perry, and we are back with the annual nerdland look back in laughter. i ll tell you what, the mainstream media talked a lot about feminism this year. lean in, leaning out. having it all! beyonce, uh! miley. michelle obama. wendy davis. mala malala, janet yellin. and republicans learning how to talk to women. it s been quite a year for the ladies. so once again, my panel this morning is actor and performer, pia glen, co-host of citizen radio, jamie killstein, dean obeidallah, and award-winning comedian and actor judy gold.
author of the better angels of our nature. and camilla bay, host of sparring with jamilla and a contributor to the washington post blog, she, the people. susan jacobi, author of free thinkers. now out in paper back never say die. and jamie killstein, comedian and host of citizen radio. an estimated crowd of between 18,000 and 10,000 atheists gathered on the national mall yesterday for the reason raly. the point of the rally was to create connections among people who live a life by not believing in god. here s adam savage. co-host of the cable television show, mythbusters.
i have concluded that something is looking out for me, keeping track of what i think about things, forgiving me when i do less than i ought. giving me strength to shoot for more than i think i m capable of. i believe they know everything i do and think and they still love me and i ve concluded that this person keeping score is me. big applause line. it s also more than that. the rally was meant as a salvo, a coming out party trying to create an actual political coalition. on friday, nearly 300 atheists met with staffers in the house and senate to lobby and show their numbers. according to a survey in 2008 by the american religious identification survey, the country s athiest and agnostic population has trended up. jamie killstein you were there, you did a few sets at the rally. here s my question, for everyone on the panel, if someone said to me, are you an atheist, i would