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Facebook Testing "Satire" Tag, And It's All Because Of Your Cousins
One of the many micro-aggressions that regularly occur for Black folks on Facebook is having to witness several shock-inducing status updates with “exclusive” news on their timelines, linking to shady websites and claiming it as truth. George Zimmerman selling a Trayvon Martin painting. Some “hidden” video of a rich Asian man exposing Black folks and…
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Unsettling Sunscreen PSA Puts People In Ultraviolet Light
A recent sunscreen PSA manages to be both enlightening and super uncomfortable…all while managing to keep a healthy hipstery glow and a sense of muted quirkiness made to leave you feeling warm inside. If it makes you feel any better, the puns will be the least stressful part of your next couple minutes. The video…
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R. Kelly, World's Weirdest, Most Disgusting Human, Releases Bump N Grind Remix Video/Cologne
Robert Kelly’s record company recently released a remix to his Bump N Grind video about a nerd who transforms into a dancing machine after spraying — wait for it — Bump N Grind Cologne on himself. Of, course the cologne intrigued me more than the video, so I had to ponder a bit on what I think Bump N Grind…
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No Future In Ciara's Future (Except The Baby She Named Future Jr, Of Course)
The future looks grim for Future and Ciara, apparently. Because there’s no Future in Ciara’s future. (Except Future Jr, of course.) Sometimes I think one of the ways God shows us his sense of humor (other than allowing Ann Coulter to exist) is when situations occur that call for one of those waaaaaaaaay too easy puns.…
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Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds Son For Glamour Magazine. She Also Has Son Named "Otis"
I had been vaguely aware of people being bothered by public breastfeeding, but not until the advent of social media did I realize just how much of a “thing” it was. I think moments like this is why the hashtag, #onhere was created for Twitter. Because only “on there” do I see most of the debates about…
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Lil' Kim Adds Nicki Minaj Jab To Flawless Remix
The Queen Bee has put out a diss track aimed at Nicki Minaj. And by that, we mean she threw a verse on the end of the Flawless remix and put her face over Nicki’s on the album art the way you might paste your face into a picture of a girl group you admire……
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TIME Magazine Continues Series Of Odd Culture-Shocked Explications
TIME already caught itself being mocked by the internet for its breakdown of the word bae, which struck an impressive balance between educational and utterly useless, and they’re at it again. This time, they’re looking at East Asian people throwing up the peace sign in pictures and giving you a historical/anthropological/bullshit-tastical account of what might…
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'Wire' Actor Anwan Glover Stabbed At D.C. Nightclub
In yet another incident of life imitating art for “The Wire”, (whereas the show is actually the reverse), actor Anwan Glover — known as Slim Charles on the show — was reportedly stabbed at Cafe Asia in D.C. early Sunday morning. Geez. On a Sunday morning, though?? Like Slim said to the Barksdale crew, “Ain’t enough…
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Facebook Goes Down, Eduardo Saverin Does Shmoney Dance In Celebration
Ok. This didn’t really happen. Facebook did really go down at around noon, but there’s no footage of Eduardo Saverin or the Winklevoss twins doing the Shmoney Dance in celebration. But…there’s no footage of them not doing it either. So, who knows? Still, we can dream. Roll Call is a daily collection of interesting news stories,…
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Contentious Confrontation: House Votes To Sue President Obama
The POTUS is making history left and right during his 2-term presidency, and this one is just another notch on the #blackexcellence belt. Or… maybe not. For the first time ever in the history of founding father wigs, the House of Representatives voted this past Wednesday to file a lawsuit against President Barry O for his…
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