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A List of the Dumbest Sneakers I Own
I own a lot of sneakers. Many of them are cool. Some of them are dumb. Here are the dumbest. I bought these for my book tour last year because the black and yellow was supposed to signify me taking Pittsburgh everywhere with me. But on feet, they look like something a Transformer would wear…
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But Molly Wasn't That Wrong, Though
Is it shady to refuse to do your best friend a favor because of some arbitrary (and fabricated) rubric, like what Molly did to Issa on last week’s episode of Insecure? Yes! Yes, it is! Especially when said friend is desperate and her desperation is connected with work and/or money. Especially especially when you’re one of…
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While Black
The “clip of a person killed while doing a thing while black” phenomenon is such a part of our national zeitgeist that the most passionate conversations about it now revolve around the ethics of viewing and sharing the footage. This sort of video-captured brutality and terror has become so common, so rote, that our discourse…
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The Last Dance Just Confirms That Mike Is Salty About (and Threatened by) LeBron
As a piece of pop art, as a nostalgia delivery device, as a triumph in film editing and story construction, and as a coronatine monotony breaker, The Last Dance delivers. There’s not much new information here for me—I became an NBA diehard in 1986, and I saw much of what’s depicted here in real-time—but it’s…
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I Just Finished Little Fires Everywhere Last Night and Now I Have Answers to My Questions!
(Unlike yesterday, spoilers like a motherfucker in here) 1. Who set the fire??? White people. Which makes “We Didn’t Start The Fire” both cruel irony and elaborate subterfuge. 2. Does anyone else say “Here comes a little fire” to themselves whenever there’s a confrontation? I think that’s just me. 3. No? Yeah. 4. A first…
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I'm Halfway Through Little Fires Everywhere and I Have so Many Questions!
*I will try very, very hard to avoid them, but there will be light spoilers here.* 1. Who set the fire??? 2. Does anyone else say “Here comes a little fire” to themselves whenever there’s a confrontation? 3. No? 4. A first date to a junkyard van? Really? Who does that? Are junkyard vans the…
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How Old Were You When You First Realized That White Supremacy Is a Death Cult?
I was 37. I wish I could say this realization came sooner. That’s an embarrassingly late age. But I also used to think The Weeknd was a group, so I’m a slow learner sometimes.
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Why Insecure Is the Best Show on TV Right Now
I feel alien sometimes when considering the demand for representation that many of us make when assessing and critiquing television shows. Mainly because I just don’t give a damn if I’m reflected. I’m speaking strictly as a consumer, though. The value of us existing in every aspect of the production ecosystem is unquestionable. I just…
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The Problem With Michael Jordan Mythology Porn
Michael Jordan’s 63 against the Boston Celtics in 1986 was the first time I saw him play a full game live. Except it wasn’t. I actually watched a VHS recording of that game, because it came on while we were out of the house, and my dad taped it. But that detail gets obscured in…
