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An Ode To 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 NY area sports teams, the latest Kanye track, my most recent bank statement — I’ve kicked off a binge of A Different World. A cursory Google search of the series will generate hundreds of thousands of words written…
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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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Remy Ma & Papoose Are The Black Love I've Always Wanted But 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 3. Rabidly consuming the…
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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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How Abigail Fisher Is All The Worst Parts Of Ron Weasley From Harry Potter
I am pretty big Harry Potter fan. Not quite on the “Pottermore comments section” level, but I own books three through seven in hardback. When book seven ultimately dropped, I went back and reread the whole series from the beginning. I’ve watched every movie. And I was even an apologist for the first two, which…
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The Miseducation is Overrated: A Wakeup Call to my Teenage Self
Sometime last year I went through a gut-wrenching breakup. Not because anybody cheated or invited me to therapy to let me know they were gay in front of 25 cameras and a boom mic or anything. Just a regular ole’ “I think we just broke up and I don’t know how to function without my…
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A Case For Why Serena Williams Should Be The Next Marvel Superhero
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 DC universes is something that I’ve only come to understand more of in recent years. Usually while a male paramour is rabidly trying to explain the schism…
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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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Things That Happen When You're The First Born Daughter Of East African Parents In America
Being a firstborn daughter in a relatively sizable extended family of East Africans* certainly has its benefits. I’ve been taught to experience rice as a food group, I have family scattered across the world (which can really cut down on hotel costs whenever I get a case of wanderlust), and generally speaking, the comfort of…
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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…
