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Is Cold Weather Racist?
This morning, after walking my dog, I went back outside, popped open the trunk of my car and removed some workout items that were still in there from my trip to LA Fitness Wednesday evening: a sleeveless hoodie, a white T-shirt, a pair of white socks and some gray shorts. I usually don’t like to…
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Milo Yiannopoulos’ Editor’s Notes Are Absurd, Hilarious (and Depressing) Proof That White Men Get Too Many Chances
I’ve spent much of Thursday afternoon combing through the manuscript of Milo Yiannopoulos’ Dangerous—which Simon & Schuster submitted (with editor’s notes intact) as a rebuttal to Yiannopoulos’ lawsuit against the publishing house for canceling his book deal and shuttering the book. The contract, if you recall, was very publicly voided after a recording where Yiannopoulos…
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2017: The Year Liberal White People Reminded Us That They’re White, Too
Any time capsule attempting to capture 2017 would definitely include an acoustic cover of “Bodak Yellow,” an American flag with a Colin Kaepernick figurine kneeling on it, a clip of the sunken-place scene from Get Out and an Apple watch, just in case someone in the future discovers a reason for it existing. But the…
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How Do You Feel About Kool-Aid?
My parents raised me to be a Christian, but I wouldn’t necessarily say that we were practicing Christians. I mean, we were Christians, technically, but Christianity, in our house, felt like more of a benevolent and perfunctory directions guide than any sort of edict. I was taught to pray before every meal—a ritual I still…
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Why So Many of Us Are So Willing to Be Led by ‘Ain’t Shit’ Men, Explained
He is your least favorite Facebook friend’s favorite “educator.” He also recently joined an exclusive club with Omarosa Manigault Newman. The Niggas Without Jobs Who Still Somehow Got Fired This Month Club. They meet every Tuesday at Bruegger’s Bagels to play Connect Four. He didn’t get fired, per se, as much as he’s currently under…
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Apparently Donald Trump’s Feelings Will Be Hurt if the Obamas Get a Royal-Wedding Invite and He Doesn’t. Please, 2018, Make This Happen!
So we can talk about what Meghan Markle’s engagement to Prince Harry “means”—and what “means” even means in this context—and imperialism and colorism and capitalism and neoliberalism and whether the Obamas being invited to the royal wedding is something to be celebrated and the racist brooch-rocking Darth Abigails currently in the royal family, and we…
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9 Things I’m Going to Try Very Hard Not to Be Annoyed by Anymore in 2018
Baby steps. Of course, this doesn’t mean I’m going to start giving a shit about zodiac signs—I’m a Capricorn, by the way, just in case you’re one of those people who give a shit—but I will attempt to stop being annoyed at people who do give shits. Admittedly, my annoyance with line dancing is at…
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10 Struggles That Only Men With Big-Ass Beards Will Understand
Hello. My name is Damon Young, and I have a big-ass beard. It’s not an obnoxiously big-ass beard. I’m not the bougie-nigga Rick Rubin. But it’s big enough that it has its own personality, likes and dislikes (for instance, my beard looooooves Broad City). It is also fortunate enough to exist during a big-ass beard…
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Pittsburgh Man Who (Allegedly) Killed 4-Year-Old Girl, Her Mother and 58-Year-Old Woman After Burning Their House Down Has Several Bizarre Facebook Videos Ranting About Black Women
The Pittsburgh area woke up Wednesday morning to the horrible news that a house fire took the lives of 4-year-old Chy’enne Manning; her mother, Shamira Staten, 21; and Sandra Carter Douglas, 58—a blaze that, according to Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones, spread so fast that “the people didn’t have time to call 911 themselves.” A…
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LaVar Ball Is the Wrong Guy With the Right Ideas
A sizable part of LaVar Ball’s appeal for people he happens to appeal to is that he’s a walking, talking distillation of many of the half-baked but smart-sounding arguments about sports that often occur in barbershops, during happy hours, over barbecue pits, at spades tables and on the bleachers of midget-league football games. It’s in…
