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Do We Really Need a Super Fly Remake? Do We Need Any of These Blaxploitation Remakes?
Last fall, Variety reported that Sony was working on a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation flick Super Fly. My immediate response was, “What the fuck for?” And despite all my cries to Black Jesus that we have suffered enough already in Trump’s America, not only is the Super Fly remake still on, but it has…
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Azealia Banks (I Know, I Know) and 17 Others Who Deserve a 2nd Chance in 2018
In the last couple of days of any given year and the first few of the one that follows, you may often hear people declare that they are cutting off people from their lives. Now more than ever, such proclamations are more visible thanks to social media. Unsurprisingly, this heightened visibility has spurred retaliatory announcements…
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Justin Timberlake’s New Single Is Not the Trump’s-America Tune Many Anticipated
I assumed that Justin Timberlake’s new single would end up being some ol’ bullshit. The second half of his last album, The 20/20 Experience, certainly was, and based on the trailer for his forthcoming album, Man of the Woods, I had no reason to assume that the legendary Ms. Britney Spears’ ex-boyfriend was going to…
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What a Recovering Catholic and Out Gay Man Makes of the Priest Who Just Came Out
On Dec. 17, the Rev. Gregory Greiten shared a secret with parishioners at the St. Bernadette Catholic Parish: “I am gay.” Greiten was then greeted with a standing ovation, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The next day, Greiten wrote a column in the National Catholic Reporter. As someone who now uses the descriptor “recovering…
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If You’re Not Watching Ts Madison and Khia’s The Queens Court, What’s Taking You So Long?
My introduction to Ts Madison, the adult entertainer-turned-trans activist, recording artist and internet personality, was a video of her cursing out critics who felt she may not be the right kind of transgender activist. “Fuck alll you hoes that feel some type of way about Ts Madison, ’cause guess what, bitch? I’m that ho in…
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The #MeToo Movement Will Take Down the Music Industry and 17 Other Predictions for 2018
I don’t have a crystal ball, but I did sip Crystal Pepsi a few times back in the 1990s, and I always look for ways to honor the legacy of Miss Cleo, so I have some predictions for the new year to share. Take them with a grain of salt—preferably Lawry’s Seasoned Salt or some…
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K. Michelle’s New Album Is Basically The Shade Room: The Musical
K. Michelle’s latest album, Kimberly: The People I Used to Know, is more or less an hourlong, multigenre “Fuck you” to various folks who have pissed her off for varied reasons through the years. The frame of mind she entered or at least settled on for her fourth studio effort is laid bare in the…
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If You Think the #MeToo Movement Means You Can’t Hug a Woman Anymore, You’re a Simpleton Who Needs to Hug a Wet Electric Socket
I swear on the immaculate weave on Janet Jackson’s head that men are ridiculous, and if I weren’t sexually attracted to them, I’d join the calls to ban them permanently. Yes, I am a man, but like 2Chainz, I’m different, so don’t lump me in with these fools who continually give me the gender equivalent…
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Miguel’s War & Leisure Is Not as Political as Initially Advertised, but It’s a Near-Perfect Listen
In the lead-up to Miguel’s fourth album, the newly released War & Leisure, fans were teased about a project that would ostensibly feature the singer-songwriter leaning into subject matter that was more outwardly political. That is not to say the discussion of sex, a topic Miguel has covered extensively in his career, cannot in and…
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Someone Should Have Gotten Tyrese Off of Al Gore’s Internet Years Ago
Maybe you’ve noticed, but in recent weeks and months, Tyrese Gibson has been more annoying than usual on social media. From swinging back and forth from the Rock’s jock to sharing far too many details about his child-custody case, down to claiming that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith slid him $5 million, the former…
