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Every Conversation I've Ever Had With A Woman Who Prefers Much Older Men
“So, I’ve noticed you seem to prefer to date guys who are quite a few years older than you.” “Define quite a few.” “Stop it. You know what I mean. Whichever age discrepancy officially makes the man an older man. For a 19 year old woman, an older man would be a 26 year old…
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My Dad, The Man
Much of what I’ve published in the past four years was written while sitting in the Bakery Square Panera Bread. There was a time when I lived three blocks away, so it was a convenient drive to make when writing from home got too monotonous. And, even after moving across town to share a place with my now-wife,…
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Iggy Azalea: The Marlo Stanfield Of Black Culture
Three things I realized while watching SNL’s 40th anniversary special last night: 1. Eddie Murphy really, really, really, really did not want to be there. 2. We (writer-people) will continue to attempt to do this, but it’s becoming near impossible to verbalize whatever the hell Kanye West is doing whenever Kanye West is on stage. 3.…
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The Lightskinned Revolution Will Be Televised During All-Star Weekend
Saturday night, at approximately 10pm EST, Kyrie Irving was competing in the final round of the 2015 three point contest. The other contestants? The “Splash Brothers” — Golden State Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson; a duo doing the exact same thing to the NBA in 2015 that Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams…
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Things Learned After Buying My Wife A Bunch Of Flowers And Shit
(Disclaimer: I’m aware there are people who think that, since getting married, I’ve dedicated the bulk of my writing to marriage-related topics. I’m also aware that some of these people are tired of me writing about marriage-related topics. If I were the type of person who said things like “You know, out of the 142…
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All You Need To Know About Race In America Happened To Me In 90 Seconds Today
It was 10:00am. The Wife Person surprised me with tickets to the Cavs/Heat game yesterday, so we made the two hour drive to Cleveland, stayed overnight, and drove back early this morning. I took her directly to work, and drove back home. “Home” for us is an old high school building that had been closed…
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Why It Matters That The New York Times Refused To Refer To "White People" When Reporting On Lynchings In America
As horrified as I’ve always been by the fact that thousands of Black Americans were lynched — unjustly murdered by mobs for crimes they did or didn’t commit — I recently learned that I haven’t quite been horrified enough. Very aware of much of the chilling history associated with that act of America terrorism —…
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What Happened With Ledisi Was Messed Up. But I Can't Get Mad At Beyonce
Russell Westbrook is a force of nature. A basketball singularity whose sole mission is to spaghettify anything existing between him and getting to the rim. Opposing point guards. Gravity. Other teammates. Common sense. It doesn’t fucking matter. He’s not the best player on his team. But he is the most unstoppable. Because, 0 for 16…
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Life As One Of The Last People On Kanye West Island
It’s 9:30 AM. I’m home. Drinking orange juice and watching Divergent. It’s the fourth time I’ve seen it this week. I keep hoping it somehow gets better. I’m always wrong. I open my blinds to let the morning sun in. The light breaks through. It’s sudden and arrogant, as morning sunlight tends to be. I open the…
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Yes, The Grammys Suck (And Have Sucked For Some Time), But Why?
The Grammys suck. This is neither a new nor a particularly provocative statement. It’s not even an opinion. We all know the Grammys suck. We continue to watch, talk, and write about them — hoping with each year that they might suck a bit less — but the slow burn of shitty continues. There is…
