• What Rihanna Really Meant When She Called Rachel Dolezal A "Hero"

    Post-racial turducken Rachel Dolezal is back in the news today. But not, surprisingly, for buying a pair of wings and some feathers from a Halloween store, going to a Spokane zoo, and trying to convince everyone she’s an ostrich. No, this time it’s because Rihanna offered her thoughts on Dolezal in a Vanity Fair profile. And when…

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  • Cosmo Was Right: Why the Kardashians Are America’s First Family

    “Because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.” Of course, this is the iconic line from Commissioner Gordon at the end of The Dark Knight, as the Batman raced away on the Bat Bike, running from the police and also probably trying to catch the Wendy’s drive-thru before it…

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  • Dear Howard Homecoming Weekend: I Hate You

    It’s Howard University Homecoming this weekend, right? I think so. You’re not sure? No. I didn’t go to Howard and I don’t live in D.C., so I don’t have the Howard Homecoming dates tattooed on my chest. But you do think it’s happening this weekend. Why? Well, I do have multiple friends and followers on…

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  • Why I Hate Howard’s Homecoming Weekend

    It’s Howard University’s homecoming this weekend, right? I think so. You’re not sure? 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. But you do think it’s happening this weekend. Why? Well, I do have multiple friends and followers…

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  • The 10 Blackest Moments Of 2015 (…So Far, At Least)

    Two thoughts came to mind while watching Trevor Noah interview Kevin Hart during his Daily Show debut Monday night: 1. I feel somewhat unqualified to critique Noah’s performance. Mainly because I never was a huge fan of the Daily Show. I didn’t dislike it at all. It just was never must-see-TV for me. If it’s after…

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  • We Do Not Need to Be ‘Saved’ From Empire (or Scandal or HTGAWM or … )

    You know those supercool media people who get sent advance copies of entire seasons of certain shows, while everyone else has to watch week-to-week to find out what happens? Well, I am not one of those media people. I fancy myself supercool. But no one sends me s—t. Except requests to review books about natural…

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  • 6 Tips on Approaching Women (Without Scaring Them)

    According to certain people on the Internets, men just don’t know how to approach women anymore. Because feminism apparently gives these men mixed messages. Or maybe it’s the fear of street-harassment whistles. Or Planned Parenthood. Or Beyoncé’s “7/11” video. Either way, (some) men are apparently confused as hell, because “Hey, it’s probably not the best…

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  • Exactly How Fired Would Jack Kelly Have Been If He Wrote About The Holocaust Instead Of Slavery?

    Jack Kelly writes a weekly column at the Post-Gazette. His views are conservative and contribute to the diversity of opinion featured in our newspaper. We have liberal columnists, too, who, like Jack, are provocative and can stir up reaction by readers. Obviously, readers need to keep in mind that our signed columnists, liberal or conservative,…

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  • Why I Dislike Facebook’s New Dislike Button

    Has a news story ever made you extremely happy, at first, and then extremely salty by the time you finished reading it? Like putting a spoonful of lime sherbet in your mouth, only to realize it’s actually wasabi? I’m asking to make sure I’m not alone, because that happened to me twice last week. First…

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  • 10 Things President Obama Has NOT Been Accused of Being…Yet

    It’s a day during a week during a year, which means we were overdue for another fun round of “President Obama is a Muslim”; the game which is basically the conservative’s version of spades. I actually wouldn’t even be surprised if some of them had regular “President Obama is a Muslim” game nights and potlucks,…

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