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Serena Williams Drinks, Bathes In, And Makes Lemonade With White Tears
Serena Williams just beat Maria Sharapova. Again. Because that’s what she does. Chew bubble gum, beat Maria Sharapova, and win majors. And I have no doubt that, as long as she doesn’t become too distracted by the emojis Drake is texting her right now, she will beat Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final. There is a particular…
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10 Real, Actual, Really Important Things The Bill Cosby Story Is Distracting Us From
Along with the people who still refuse to consider that Bill Cosby might be more like cockroach — and not “Cockroach” the character from The Cosby Show, but an actual cockroach — than Cliff Huxtable, there’s another, more subversive, strain of Cosby sympathizers. Perhaps they’ll (reluctantly) admit that the Cos might be a rapist, but…
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On Wondering If I Should Teach My Pre-Teen Nephew To Be Wary Of White Girls
I have two new nephews. Not “new” in that they’re newborns, but new to me because they’re my nephews through marriage. One is introverted, observant, snarky, cynical, and obsessed with basketball. Basically, he’s a 14-year-old me. Naturally, upon first meeting him three years ago, we immediately clicked. The other nephew is a couple years younger,…
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Bill Cosby, Dirty And Guilty Old Shit, Admits To Being A Dirty And Guilty Old Shit
Bill Cosby actually said out his own actual mouth that he bought actual drugs to sedate actual women. Women he, in his own words, “wanted to have sex with.” He also actually admitted out his own actual mouth that he gave the actual drugs to at least one actual woman. When you sedate a person before…
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A Question About Chivalry: Who's "Supposed" To Be The Lead Walker? (…And Does It Matter?)
Despite much consternation (and some cheer) about its demise, I’d argue that most adults, and even most teens, are at least somewhat aware of chivalry. Specifically, the parts that concern how a male and a female human in a romantic relationship should treat each other. The people who don’t follow these rules of decorum either don’t out of…
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Correction: Bree Newsome Actually Just Did The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen
Yesterday, I wrote that a Black president singing “Amazing Grace” at a Black church on national TV was the Blackest thing that has ever happened. I said it passed peak Blackness and entered gravitational time dilation Blackness. Dark matter, event horizon Blackness. Undiscovered dimension Blackness, redefining our understanding of how Black Blackness could be. And then…
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Moments Blacker Than The Black President Singing "Amazing Grace" In A Black Church On National TV
1. Harriet Tubman. Marcus Garvey. Nina Simone. And Jesus. Together. On Juneteenth. The first Juneteenth. Playing spades. And eating sunflower seeds. BBQ sunflower seeds. Ranch BBQ sunflower seeds. At Rucker Park. But not Rucker Park in Harlem. But a Rucker Park replica in Lagos, constructed specifically for this purpose. And while the Harlem Globetrotters are…
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Wale's "Matrimony" Is A Step-By-Step Guide On Why Millennials Suck At Relationships
So, you know how people who are casual fans of rap music might occasionally admit they don’t actually listen to the lyrics, just the hooks? That they have no clue about — or interest in — what’s actually being rapped about as long as the chorus and beat are hot? It’s basically what Jay Z bitched about…
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Yup, Women Can Be Just As Evil As Men (…And This Is A Good Thing!)
While channel-surfing the other day, I came across Gone Girl on HBO. It had been on for maybe an hour already, but I kept on watching. Mainly because I wanted to see if I would still be as disturbed by it as I was when I saw it in the theater. Verdict? Yes. It’s also…
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White People Who Tried Really, Really, Really Hard To Be Black, Ranked
From Rachel Dolezal to Colonel Sanders, American history is filled with examples of White Americans adopting and appropriating Black culture so aggressively that they started becoming kinda, sorta “Black” themselves. It’s kinda like how my mom used to tell me that if I ate too many bite-sized Snickers, I would turn into a bite-size Snicker. Basically,…
