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Naija! Nigeria’s Women’s Bobsled Team Set to Hit 2018 Winter Olympics
Like Jamaica so many years ago, Nigeria will be represented at the Winter Olympics in bobsledding—but this time it’s the women’s team who qualified for the bobsled event at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. ESPN reports that driver Seun Adigun and brakemen Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga completed the fifth of their…
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The Akils Return With Black Lightning on the CW
It has been a banner year for those who love comics and negritude, and now there’s even more to celebrate! Black Lightning will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 9 p.m. after The Flash on the CW. The Wrap reports on the backstory: As “Black Lightning” begins, Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling…
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Is Nicki Minaj Being Slut Shamed for Her Paper Mag Cover?
So, Nicki Minaj has upped the ante on black female sexuality by shooting a pretty explicit Paper Magazine cover with herself in a menage a trois. In Paper magazine’s Winter 2017 #BreaktheInternet cover, the rapper appears to be eating her own p*ssy on the mag cover in three different looks. But what for some is…
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This Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Turkey Is Flaming-Hot Trash
What happens when you attempt to be edgy and provocative for Thanksgiving? You end up creating the most trash-ass recipes that one could think of, and a website like Delish will label it the next greatest thing. But they lied. Turkey is bad enough, but the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Turkey created by Reynolds is trash. I…
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If You’re a Black Woman Who’s Tired of White People Touching Your Hair, There’s a Game for That
As black women, we occasionally have to deal with white people asking to touch our hair. Whether they’re fascinated by the curls, locs or intricate styles, there’s always a time in a black woman’s life when she feels like she’s on display at a hair petting zoo. You may have felt the urge to smack…
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Drake Threatens Concert Attendee After He Catches Him Groping Women
Drake isn’t going to stand around and watch women get groped during his concerts. At Tuesday night’s concert in Australia, the rapper threatened to fuck someone up after he apparently caught that someone groping a woman. “If you don’t stop touching girls, I’m gonna come out there and fuck you up,” he said after interrupting…
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Here Are a Bunch of Men Sexier Than Blake Shelton
People magazine really outdid itself this year when it named Blake Shelton as its “sexiest” man of the year. By “outdid itself,” I mean—this is Trump’s America—People didn’t even try. Shelton is the primary reason I refuse to watch NBC’s The Voice, and that’s a lot, considering that Miley Cyrus is on the show. Shelton…
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Terry Crews Talks Hollywood Sexual Assault on Good Morning America: ‘I Will Not Be Shamed’
Terry Crews spoke in detail about the sexual assault he says he endured at the hands of Hollywood agent Adam Venit in an interview with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan on Wednesday. Crews said that Venit, who is currently on leave as head of the motion picture department at William Morris Endeavor, grabbed his “junk”…
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FBI Launches Investigation Into Philly Judge Who Sentenced Meek Mill to Prison: Report
Seems as if there may be hope yet for Meek Mill. After an enormous outcry over the rapper’s tough two- to four-year prison sentence over probation violations—from both celebrities and your everyday citizen—the FBI has decided to investigate the Philadelphia judge presiding over the case. Meek’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, has accused Judge Genece Brinkley of…