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In Praise of Jaleesa Vinson, the Unsung Hero of A Different World
In an effort to distract myself from the bad news of recent days—the fate of New York-area sports teams, the latest Kanye track, my most recent bank statement—I’ve kicked off some binge-watching of A Different World. A cursory Google search of the series will generate hundreds of thousands of words written about A Different World…
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Love & Hip Hop: Remy Ma and Papoose Are the Black Love I Never Knew I Needed
My earnest devotion to the Love & Hip Hop franchise is quite well-documented. When it comes to the general thoughts that consume me any day of the week, it goes 1) ranking various chicken establishments by seasoning and breading, 2) praying that Serge Ibaka will finally respond to my DMs and 3) rabidly consuming the latest…
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Serena Williams: The Next Avenger
As a kid, I was never really into comics. I watched the occasional Saturday-morning cartoons, but beyond that, the unique arcs and storylines of the Marvel and D.C. universes are something that I’ve come to understand more of only in recent years—usually while a male paramour is rabidly trying to explain that the schism between…
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3 Ways My Large African Family Stays in Touch at All Hours of the Night
Being a firstborn daughter in a relatively sizable extended family of East Africans (one of my aunts has seven kids from her first marriage, I have six aunts on one side, and a couple of uncles with more than one wife) certainly has its benefits. I’ve been taught to experience rice as a food group; have…
