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Candace Owens Is Getting a New Talk Show and I Have Some Topic Suggestions
Candace “I’m not like a regular Black, I’m a cool with white people Black” Owens has a new talk show in the making, y’all. According to The Hill, Candace will debut March 19 on “conservative media brand” The Daily Wire and will be taped in front of a live studio audience in Nashville. Speaking on…
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Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…
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28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever
I have been smoking weed since I was 14 years old. My best friend and I found my mom’s stash under her bed. Said best friend had already previously indulged, but I had never done it, and I was scared—curious, but scared. My best friend, with all her experience, haphazardly rolled us a joint. We…
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Auntie Unfiltered Sits Down With Vanessa Bell Calloway
Vanessa Bell Calloway has been in the business for a long time. From her turn as Yvonne Caldwell on All My Children where she famously (or is it infamously?) broke up Black power couple Angie and Jessie Hubbard to her turn as Princess Imani in the original Coming to America—when Prince Akeem asked her to…
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Please Stop Attacking 'Gorilla Glue Girl' Tessica Brown
Black women are not often afforded a lot of grace. We are the subject of scorn in our everyday lives as we go about being everyday people. Given a platform, we are subjected to abuse, ridicule, and harassment when people know our names and our faces. Fame is infamously overrated. So what happens when you…
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Black Joy Is in the Way We Create the Culture
Have you done the #BussitChallenge? Are you enjoying all the #SilhouetteChallenge videos? Do you follow Jay Nedaj on Twitter and get your laugh on? Are you familiar with #DontRush, #Savage and #CaptainHook challenge? If you answered yes to any of these questions, thank the next Black person you see. I have long held the theory…
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Auntie Unfiltered Pictures the Possibilities With Danielle Young
Losing your job is not the end of the world, nor should it be. As devastating as it can be at times, especially during a pandemic, it can also be the push we need to finally get that personal project off the ground. It can be the sign that we need to finally work on…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Worry About Yourself
Hey nieces and nephews! Can you believe we are already one month into 2021? The time is flying by, but not much has changed from last year. There are still people in this world who believe that everyone has to think the same way that they do, behave the same way that they do and…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Put Your Best Face Forward in 2021
Hey nieces and nephews, I have a confession: I am still feeling a little apprehensive about our prospects for getting out of the house this year. 2020 ended on a low note as far as our country and the pandemic are concerned. None of us could have imagined that 10 months into quarantine, the U.S.…
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Cicely Tyson, Who Spent a Lifetime Portraying Positive Black Womanhood on Screen, Dies at 96
Through her graceful presence onstage, in film and on television, actress Cicely Tyson created portrayals of proud, even majestic women that helped break down America’s stereotypes regarding African-American women. The iconic star, who inspired a generation of Black actresses, died Thursday at the age of 96. Tyson was born on Dec. 19, 1924, in New…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
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Prosecutors Seek to Reintroduce 3rd-Degree Murder Charges Against Derek Chauvin in the Death of George Floyd
The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon from prosecutors who wish to reintroduce a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reports. Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes in May 2020, is scheduled to begin trial Monday…
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28 Days of Black Joy: Cannabis Is the Blackest Thing Ever
I have been smoking weed since I was 14 years old. My best friend and I found my mom’s stash under her bed. Said best friend had already previously indulged, but I had never done it, and I was scared—curious, but scared. My best friend, with all her experience, haphazardly rolled us a joint. We…
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Auntie Unfiltered Pictures the Possibilities With Danielle Young
Losing your job is not the end of the world, nor should it be. As devastating as it can be at times, especially during a pandemic, it can also be the push we need to finally get that personal project off the ground. It can be the sign that we need to finally work on…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Worry About Yourself
Hey nieces and nephews! Can you believe we are already one month into 2021? The time is flying by, but not much has changed from last year. There are still people in this world who believe that everyone has to think the same way that they do, behave the same way that they do and…
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Auntie Unfiltered: Put Your Best Face Forward in 2021
Hey nieces and nephews, I have a confession: I am still feeling a little apprehensive about our prospects for getting out of the house this year. 2020 ended on a low note as far as our country and the pandemic are concerned. None of us could have imagined that 10 months into quarantine, the U.S.…
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Cicely Tyson, Who Spent a Lifetime Portraying Positive Black Womanhood on Screen, Dies at 96
Through her graceful presence onstage, in film and on television, actress Cicely Tyson created portrayals of proud, even majestic women that helped break down America’s stereotypes regarding African-American women. The iconic star, who inspired a generation of Black actresses, died Thursday at the age of 96. Tyson was born on Dec. 19, 1924, in New…
