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Mainstream Digital Media Sites Are Apparently Struggling Right Now. VSB, However, Is Not.
There’s a couple ways to look at the recent spate of news on the difficulties multi-million dollar digital media companies — Buzzfeed, Mashable, Salon, and Gawker Media to name a few — are currently having. The most popular way, it seems, is to conclude that we’re reaching a bust period; that Facebook’s (and Google’s) ubiquity is so pervasive…
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4 Things I Learned as a Man on a New Natural-Hair Journey
Late last year I wrote a piece (“The Nappyheaded Black Male Revolution Is On”) about changing my hair for the first time in over a decade, connecting my decision to get a fade and allow it to grow out to the creative hair decisions being made by black males (young and old) around the country.…
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105 Real Black Women More Deserving of Book Deals Than Fake Black Woman Rachel Dolezal
On Wednesday, various news outlets confirmed what post-racial turducken Rachel Dolezal alluded to in her recent interview on the Today show. She did indeed receive a deal to pen a book about race. From The Guardian: Rachel Dolezal, the civil-rights activist who was accused of misrepresenting herself as black last year, has been signed to…
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101 Actual Black Women More Deserving Of Book Deals Than Rachel Dolezal
Yesterday, various news outlets confirmed what post-racial turducken Rachel Dolezal alluded to in her recent interview on the Today show. She did indeed receive a deal to pen a book about race. From The Guardian Rachel Dolezal, the civil-rights activist who was accused of misrepresenting herself as black last year, has been signed to write…
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Questions From BuzzFeed’s ‘27 Questions Black People Have for Black People,’ Ranked From Least to Most Terrible
Along with being so remarkably tone-deaf that its tone-deafness felt intentional, BuzzFeed’s now infamous “27 Questions Black People Have for Black People” actually raised more questions than it answered. Namely, who green-lit this? Were the people in the video actors reading from a script? Or did they come up with their own questions? And where…
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The Worst Part Of Buzzfeed's Shockingly Self-Loathing "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People"
It’s been a little over 12 hours since I first saw Buzzfeed’s “27 Questions Black People Have For Black People.” It was shared on the timelines of quite a few of my friends yesterday afternoon, but I didn’t get a chance to actually watch it until last night. And still, 12 hours later, I’m shocked by…
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Rachel Dolezal Still Really Wants To Be Black, Y'all, And I Think We Should Let Her
It’s been almost a year since Rachel Dolezal, everyone’s favorite post-racial turducken, emerged in the public eye, claiming she was a Black woman despite being Whiter than Lena Dunham. At Trader Joe’s. In Spokane. Manning the kale souffle sample station. Naturally, the tale of this unambiguously alabaster woman desperately wanting to be a nigga captivated…
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A List Of People Allowed To Make Jokes About Colored People Time, Explained
Who is Hillary Clinton? Hillary Clinton is the name of the made-up politician invented and expertly portrayed by Saturday Night Live’s amazing Kate McKinnon. (Who, btw, is so good in her bits — this “Close Encounter” skit is a classic — that she should just change her name to The Amazing Kate McKinnon.) Stop playing. I…
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Facebook Has An Illuminati Inbox They Didn't Bother Telling Anyone About. Facebook Aint Shit.
Over the last half decade, as newer and sexier social media platforms have entered our zeitgeist, Facebook — who, although only 12 years old, is practically ancient today — has become the Internet’s version of Subway. It is both ubiquitous and completely and utterly unexciting. In today’s cultural landscape, it’s no longer where the cool kids go…
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Why Bill Clinton Is the Least-Deserving Honorary Black Person, Explained
Who is Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton is a white man. Why is Bill Clinton in the news today? Bill Clinton is a white man who happened to be president of the United States from 1992 to 2000. His wife, Hillary Clinton, a white woman, is running for president now. Bill Clinton was a popular president…
