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I Tried Brown Sugar Cream of Wheat Yesterday and Now I Want to Fight Everyone
For the last 15 or so years, I’ve dealt with moderate to severe acid reflux. I’ve had it mostly under control—I stay away from certain foods, I exercise regularly and I try to shoehorn multiple stress relievers into my day—but for the past three months, it’s been particularly annoying. So annoying that I had an…
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Justin Timberlake Is a White Man
My favorite scene in the surprisingly rewatchable Lethal Weapon 2 involves Detective Murtaugh (Danny Glover) going to the South African Embassy in America to inquire about taking a vacation there—a conversation that serves as an elaborate ruse so that Detective Riggs (Mel Gibson) can sneak into the building and investigate and annoy the murderous Afrikaner…
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How to Talk to Women if You Believe Feminism Has Made It Really Hard to Know What Counts as ‘Harassment’
The world—already hard and damp and confusing—has gotten harder, more damp and confusing as fuck for men. Not for all men, of course. (#NotForAllMenOfCourse.) But (some) men who happen to be romantically and sexually attracted to women are now paralyzed with confusion and doubt and anxiety and fear. Because they’re forced to work with, go…
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Why I Hate Howard University’s Homecoming Weekend With Every Fiber of My Being, Explained
Editor’s note: This was originally published to The Root on Oct. 1, 2015. I think so. No. I didn’t go to Howard and I don’t live in Washington, D.C., so I don’t have the Howard homecoming dates tattooed on my chest. Well, I do have multiple friends and followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And…
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30 Reasons Why Your Favorite Team Won’t Win the NBA Finals This Year
The NBA—the best professional sports league in the history of history—is back Tuesday night, with 30 teams all vying to be the one that wins the last game of the season. Here’s why none of them will. 30. Chicago Bulls Because I triple-dog dare you to name five people on their team without Googling the…
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The 15 Blackest Things About the New Trailer for Black Panther
1. The screen at the 0:00 mark right before the trailer started. I know black screens are standard before a film starts and after it ends, but this black screen was an extra, deeper black. A Maya and Amiri at the Schomburg black. I saw this black and immediately felt compelled to take a shot…
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20 Things We Pretend to Love That We Need to Admit Are Trash, Ranked
20. Postcards, greeting cards, business cards and just cards, generally (Trash communication stand-ins) 19. Stand-alone mustaches (Trash facial hair) 18. Democracy (Trash government) 17. Feet (Trash body part) 16. Neckties (Trash clothing) 15. High school (Trash schooling) 14. Nostalgia (Trash memories) 13. ’80s rap music (Trash music) 12. Selfies (Trash pictures) 11. Attending sporting events…
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#SoupOnRacists Needs to Be a Movement Because We Need to Throw More Soup on Racists
One of the most frustrating things about existing while black in America and dealing with white supremacy, white privilege, white tears and white people’s awkward casseroles is the process of determining exactly how to react to racism when faced with it. Should you address microaggressions immediately, or should you wait until a particularly egregious racist…
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Someone Broke Into My Car and Stole My Altoids but Left Everything Else and Now I Have Questions!
So before we get started, I have a confession: The headline is misleading because my car wasn’t actually broken into. I accidentally hit the unlock button on my key fob while walking my dog the night before the Altoid heist, forgot about it (I was distracted by the act of tracing dog shit in the…
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No Justice for Leon Ford as a Jury Fails to Convict the Officers Who Shot and Paralyzed Him During a Traffic Stop
Full disclosure: I know Leon Ford. He’s a Pittsburgher and I’m a Pittsburgher, and we occasionally see each other at events and on the street. We’re also both connected to the American Civil Liberties Union; he’s on Pittsburgh’s board of directors, and I’m on Pennsylvania’s. I wouldn’t call us friends, but we’re friendly. I’m sharing…
