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Insecure Takes Us Back to 1997 With a Convo About Oral Sex I Thought We Weren’t Having Anymore
One of the best things about Insecure is the credit it gives the audience. Considering how, in this day and age, just existing as a black person is treated as a controversy in the mainstream media, Insecure is one of the few shows on television in which the point of it all is not to…
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How Insecure Reminds Us of the Shitty Decisions We’ve Made (and Are Still Making)
If you’re one of those people who tune in every week to watch Insecure because Issa, Molly and Lawrence remind you of yourself or friends of yours, then last night’s episode did one of two things: It reminded you of all the dumb mistakes you’ve made when dating, or the characters reminded you of that…
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On ‘Hella LA,’ Insecure Allows Us to Escape and Reminds Us What We’re Escaping From
A couple of hours before last night’s episode of Insecure aired (or streamed), Natasha Rothwell, the actress who plays Kelli, tweeted a message to fans: It feels weird to ask you to watch @InsecureHBO tonight when the country is on fire, but my hope is that you’ll tune-in and support us because our show dares…
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In Insecure, Where Are the Condoms?
For the past two weeks, I’ve been recapping the latest episodes of Insecure. This week I’m going to do a little of that, but there’s something much bigger we need to discuss. Molly is looking for a new therapist and found a potential new suitor named Lionel (Sterling K. Brown in an awkward guest-starring role).…
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Insecure Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: "Hella Questions"
The on again, off again dynamic between Issa and Lawrence has been the primary dramatic fulcrum of Insecure. But there have been hints that Insecure is ready to give the Issa and Lawrence storyline some time apart, and “Hella Questions” suggests that storyline might be tabled for a while. It is the day after Issa and…
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Insecure Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: "Hella Great"
For months, fans of Insecure have been wondering where things were going to pick up after last season concluded with Lawrence giving Tasha that work in an effort to get over Issa’s dalliance with her sideboo, Daniel. Last night, that itch was finally scratched with the premiere of season two (“Hella Great”), which picks up…
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I’m Team Issa Over Team Lawrence, Because Issa Reminds Me Of Me
In the first scene of the first episode of Insecure, Issa Rae makes the mission statement of her show clear when she responds to a student who says her dad told her nobody is checking for bitter Black women. “Tell your dad Black women aren’t bitter, they’re just tired of being expected to settle for…
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Guys, Here's Why You Need To Make Your Own Damn Plate At Thanksgiving Dinner
The conversation over whether or not a woman should prepare her man’s plate has become somewhat of a Thanksgiving tradition on social media and I’m dumbfounded as to why or how we even got here. Every time I see it, I’m tempted to log off — mostly because of the people who are so pro-plate.…
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4 Reasons You Can Fix Your Own Damn Plate on Thanksgiving
The conversation over whether or not a woman should prepare her man’s plate has become somewhat of a Thanksgiving tradition on social media, and I’m dumbfounded as to why or how we even got here. Every time I see it, I’m tempted to log off—mostly because of the people who are so pro-plate. Maybe it’s…
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Anthony Hamilton and the Blackest, Most Soulful, Most Beautiful Rendition of "Hotline Bling" Ever
Ever since Drake released “Hotline Bling,” we have been inundated with remake after remake. Some of them have been awesome, some of them have been interesting, one of them has even been anointed. But a couple of weeks ago I came across a “Hotline Bling” remake that deserves its own distinction as the blackest version…
