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Is It Sneakerhead Sacrilege to Not Like Jordan IIIs?
I’m not sure if I qualify as a sneakerhead or not. Most people that come into my home and see my shoe collection would probably say that I am, but I follow several people on social media whose collection of shoes would look at mine, call it a bitch and then give it a wedgie.…
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Michelle Obama Speaks to Detroit Students About How to Deal With ‘Naysayers’
Detroit—Accomplished lawyer? Check. First lady of the United States? Been there, done that. Bestselling author? Three million checks. With a resume like Michelle Obama’s, its sometimes easy to forget that the beginning of her story is a lot more relatable than you’d think—a point that she hoped to get across to a group of students…
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’Tis the Season: Here’s How Jesus Became So Widely Accepted as White
It’s no secret that Jesus Christ, known in Christian circles as the Son of God, is often depicted as a white man. But, how did the Son of God become so widely accepted as a European? After all, there are very few physical descriptions of Jesus in the bible. Keri L. Day, an associate professor…
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I Have a Son Now, Which Means I Can Finally Start Respecting Men as People
Last week, my wife gave birth to a beautiful, healthy, bouncing baby boy. He is all the things that you hope new babies are. A blessing. Loud. Adorable. Soft. Precious. Gassy. Alert. Moderately bemused. Perpetually hangry. Vaguely human. Somewhat reminiscent of Fred Sanford. He is also life-changing. He’s our second child, but our first boy—my…
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Michelle Obama Secures Bag, Adds 21 Book Tour Dates
Becoming, former-and-forever first lady Michelle Obama’s new book, continues to fly off shelves. Its 3 million copies sold in the United States and Canada alone make it the highest-selling book of the year. Her book tour is selling out stadiums. Her skin care regimen is unfuckwitable. With these facts in mind, Obama has decided to…
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Pointe in Platform Heels: Harper Watters Is Breaking the Boundaries of Ballet
If you Google dancer Harper Watters, you’ll come up with a variety of results: His work as a soloist with the Houston Ballet, his hilariously candid YouTube channel and Instagram page, his growing profile as an influencer, and many, many mentions of stilettos. It’s a fitting amalgamation of the multifaceted approach Watters is taking to…
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Ryan Coogler Isn’t Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year, But He’s Ours
As we shuffle into 2018’s conclusion, Time Magazine has named their Person of the Year. According to Deadline, Time Magazine has named Jamal Khashoggi and “Truth Guardians” (also known as journalists), Maria Ressa, Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, and the Capital Gazette (Annapolis, Md.) as their 2018 Person(s) of the Year. Time’s editor-in-chief, Edward Felsenthal,…
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Nicki Minaj Defends Another Sex Offender. This One Happens to Be Her Boyfriend
Convicted sex offender Kenneth Petty has been living good these days, at least one would assume so, as his girlfriend is international pop star Nicki Minaj. The 40-year-old Petty also happens to be, again, a convicted sex offender. Minaj, for her part, is standing by her man. After Minaj’s public claiming of her new main…
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Beyoncé Performs at Indian Billionaire's Family Wedding Festivities
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter continues her lifelong practice of playing in our faces and just performed a mini-concert at a pre-wedding bash for the daughter of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Ambani’s daughter, Isha Ambani, has now set the bar for weddings unrealistically high. She’s had Beychella at her wedding. She’s won. That’s it. Game over.…
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'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising
A new exhibit at a Washington, D.C., museum featuring an abridged version of the Bible sheds light on how Christian missionaries converted enslaved Africans to Christianity by teaching them the Gospel… except the parts about freedom, equality and resistance. According to NPR, Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected For the Use of the Negro Slaves,…