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Everything Y'all Say About Clubhouse Makes It Sound Like the 4th Ring of Hell, So Please Stop Inviting Me to It

It was 2008. I was working at Duquesne University, and one of my colleagues was telling me about Burning Man, which I’d never heard of. He was planning on attending the next year and was pitching me to come with him. At first, it sounded like something I’d maybe be into. (“It’s a yearly festival…

By

Damon Young

Published

January 12, 2021
Politics

Trump to Ban TikTok App Downloads Because of Y'all's Little Viral Dances

Disclaimer: I don’t TikTok. I’ve never dropped it low. I don’t wobble and I barely swag surfed. I did, however, once try to push for dance moves to be named after civil rights leaders or significant moments in Black history, including yelling “Do the Rosa Parks!” out loud without officially knowing what, in fact, “doing…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

September 18, 2020
Entertainment, Media

Black Information Network: Introducing the 1st and Only 24/7 Comprehensive All-News Audio Service for Black Voices

Now more than ever, we need and deserve as many platforms as possible that are spearheaded by Black voices. As such, it is exciting news to see that Black Information Network (BIN), the first and only 24/7 comprehensive national and local all-news audio service dedicated to the Black community has launched. Per the press release…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

June 30, 2020
Entertainment

Fine-Tune Your Own Mirror Raps With Insecure: The Come Up Game

Have you found Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) pre-game mirror raps hella relatable? Do you still have “Broken Pussy” stuck in your head? Well, it looks like Glow Up Games is here to satisfy that urge. Just in time to promote the upcoming 4th season of Insecure, Glow Up Games presents Insecure: The Come Up Game.…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

March 27, 2020
Culture, Technology

There’s an App for That: Black Mom Delivers Yuletide Cheer With 'Find Black Santa' App

While dreaming of a white Christmas is common during this time of year, there are plenty of parents bouncing from mall to mall dreaming of something else entirely: a Black Santa. Thankfully, psychiatrist Jihan Woods and her appropriately titled Find Black Santa app are here to help. “I really wanted my children to see a…

By

Jay Connor

Published

December 17, 2019
Entertainment, Hot Tea

Amber Rose Launches New App, Plans to Help Her Rosebuds Financially

Amber Rose is launching an app and is going to help her fans out in a huge way. The SlutWalk founder has been keeping herself busy, and on Monday she released her free app Amber Rose Official, which is designed to empower women and motivate them to achieve their goals. “I wanted it to be…

By

Montana Couser

Published

July 24, 2018
Beauty + Style

Meet 21-Year-Old Nia Imani, CEO of the App Hair Days

Meet 21-year-old Nia Wellman, known as Nia Imani on social media. Nia is a jack of all trades. She became a YouTuber back in ‘07, then started the college service-based organization Campus Curlz Inc., and now she’s the CEO of a hair growth-tracking app called Hair Days. Nia’s YouTube channel focuses on beauty, but she…

By

Montana Couser

Published

June 29, 2018
#HairInspo: How 3 Black Female Techies Are Hoping to Cater to All Your Black Hair Needs

If you’re on this website, I’m going to take it as a given that I don’t need to tell you about the relationship between black women and their hair. And I don’t mean in a political kind of way. I mean the sense of culture and community that surrounds how we groom our luscious locks,…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

April 1, 2017
Very Smart Brothas

10 Things You Need To Know About The Black Barbershop

1. Breaking up with a barber is the most traumatic break-up a Black man will ever experience. One, because barber relationships usually last much longer than the half-assed, Tinder-generated exchange of Netflix passwords and seminal fluids you people call “relationships.” But also because the usual break-up excuses — “It’s not you, it’s me” and “I’m…

By

Damon Young

Published

September 8, 2015