Television8/6/18Aug 6 20183Television8/6/18TelevisionBye, Lawrence: Why Insecure Just Doesn't Need Him AnymoreJozen Cummings71Although Insecure was created by and stars Issa Rae, by the end of season one, it could’ve easily been named Lawrence…
May 18 201855/18/18How Janet Jackson’s janet. Made a Man Out of MeJozen Cummings24Janet Jackson’s janet. could not have come out at a more critical time in my life. It was the summer of 1993 (the…
Jan 16 201861/16/18Why You Should Cheat on Your BarberJozen Cummings16Gentlemen, in 2018, I am proposing we take back some control in the relationships we have with our barbers, and yes,…
Dec 12 20171312/12/17Ugly-Sweater Christmas Parties Are Trash and We Need to Stop Having ThemJozen Cummings27One thing I appreciate about VSB is how it provides a safe space to hate on things that other people enjoy. Take,…
Oct 20 20171010/20/17Howard University: This Is FamilyJozen Cummings9What can you say about Howard University that you cannot say about other HBCUs? There are the facts—facts that make…
Oct 6 20171310/6/17More Naps! Everyone Needs to Take More Naps!Jozen Cummings29If this past week has taught me anything, it is that we all need to find more time in our day to take a nap. On…
Sep 25 201799/25/17How the NFL Turned Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Into #AllLivesMatterJozen Cummings21There’s a lot of things that need to change. One specifically is police brutality. There’s people being murdered…
Sep 18 2017279/18/17Issa Rae’s ‘I’m Rooting for Everybody Black’ Was FUBUJozen Cummings78Today’s post was not intended to be about Issa Rae. After writing about the season finale of Insecure last week, I…
Sep 11 2017119/11/17The Near-Perfect Insecure Season Finale and Issa’s, Molly’s and Lawrence’s Baby Steps to AdulthoodJozen Cummings153When I was 24 years old, a co-worker of mine felt like giving me her opinion of people my age. “I never date…
Sep 5 2017109/5/17Why the Messy and Uncomfortably Real Insecure Is Getting Harder and Harder to WatchJozen Cummings344“Ho.” The word has been used frequently throughout season 2, most of the time by Issa, who has used it in reference…
Aug 28 201758/28/17Insecure Takes Us Back to 1997 With a Convo About Oral Sex I Thought We Weren’t Having AnymoreJozen Cummings191One of the best things about Insecure is the credit it gives the audience. Considering how, in this day and age,…
Aug 21 201778/21/17How Insecure Reminds Us of the Shitty Decisions We’ve Made (and Are Still Making)Jozen Cummings126If you’re one of those people who tune in every week to watch Insecure because Issa, Molly and Lawrence remind you…
Aug 14 201748/14/17On ‘Hella LA,’ Insecure Allows Us to Escape and Reminds Us What We’re Escaping FromJozen Cummings44A couple of hours before last night’s episode of Insecure aired (or streamed), Natasha Rothwell, the actress who…
Aug 8 2017168/8/17In Insecure, Where Are the Condoms?Jozen Cummings165For the past two weeks, I’ve been recapping the latest episodes of Insecure. This week I’m going to do a little of…
Jul 31 2017Save7/31/17Insecure Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: "Hella Questions"Jozen Cummings457The on again, off again dynamic between Issa and Lawrence has been the primary dramatic fulcrum of Insecure. But…
Jul 24 2017Save7/24/17Insecure Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: "Hella Great"Jozen Cummings908For months, fans of Insecure have been wondering where things were going to pick up after last season concluded with…
Nov 29 2016Save11/29/16I’m Team Issa Over Team Lawrence, Because Issa Reminds Me Of MeJozen Cummings1.0KIn the first scene of the first episode of Insecure, Issa Rae makes the mission statement of her show clear when she…
Nov 26 2015Save11/26/15Guys, Here's Why You Need To Make Your Own Damn Plate At Thanksgiving DinnerJozen Cummings152The conversation over whether or not a woman should prepare her man’s plate has become somewhat of a Thanksgiving…
Nov 20 2015Save11/20/15Anthony Hamilton and the Blackest, Most Soulful, Most Beautiful Rendition of "Hotline Bling" EverJozen Cummings75Ever since Drake released “Hotline Bling,” we have been inundated with remake after remake. Some of them have been aw…
Oct 7 2015Save10/7/15Why Would NY Mag Hire A White Writer To Write On The President's Relationship With Black People?Jozen Cummings44Before I read the first sentence of a new story published by New York Magazine entitled “The Paradox of the First…