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Sean Duffy Has Been Trash Since The Real World: Boston, so Why Does CNN Keep Booking Him?
Long before there was a racist, practically brainless U.S. president whose previous greatest claim to fame was being the host of a reality show, there was Sean Duffy. For those of us who remember MTV’s The Real World before season 97 or whatever number they’re on now, Duffy was on season 5 of the legendary…
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Baduizm Turns 20: What Made It So Great?
Exactly 20 years ago, on Feb. 11, 1997, singer Erykah Badu released Baduizm, an album the world didn’t know it needed. The R&B landscape at the time, full of pixie cuts and power ballads, emphasized polish, with divas like Whitney and Mariah, and R&B princesses like Brandy and Monica. In floats the ethereal Miss Erykah…
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Got a Sunny D Zedong Supporter or Someone Almost as Stupid in Your Life? Dump ’Em
After 22 years of marriage, Gayle McCormick was suddenly no longer caught up in the rapture of love with her husband. McCormick is 73, a retired prison guard and a self-described “Democrat leaning toward socialist.” In other words, she is Bernie Sanders with a vagina. So when the ultraliberal Dorothy Zbornak found out that her…
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Unique Views, Episode 30: Home Alone
When I was growing up and my mom didn’t feel like cooking, she would tell us to go in there and fix something, which was really code for: “I don’t want to cook and/or we don’t have any food.” Well, Danielle Young, aka Patti LaDanielle, and I lovingly say to our loyal listeners, “Go in…
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Watch: What Would the Characters From Underground Say to President Trump?
The 45th president of the Unites States of America, Donald Trump, is a lot of things. So many venomous words come to mind. But I’m not here to Trump-bash (today). I’m here to shine some light on what we already know: America is changing under his rule, and while many of us protest and speak…
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Actress Kali Hawk Celebrates Black History Month and Gives a Lesson in Johnny Depp’s ‘Black’ History
In 2013, during promotion of Johnny Depp’s flop, I mean film, The Lone Ranger, it was alleged that Depp was a descendant of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the first slave in the American colonies to sue for her freedom and win. Now, when you go to check the original Ancestry.com article that supposedly posted the findings,…
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Scandal Recap: Not My President
Like last week’s episode of Scandal, there were enough flashbacks this week to give you whiplash. Luckily for you, I’ve sorted it all out below. The past is prologue. One night after vice presidential candidate Cyrus Beene gave an impressive debate performance on the campaign trail, Cyrus noticed that his running mate, Frankie Vargas, had…
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The Lego Batman Movie Is the Brokeback Batman We’ve Always Wanted
(Slight spoilers, but not really!) The story of Batman is now as much an American fable as that of Paul Bunyan, John Henry or Tom Sawyer. His origin story—rich heir to murdered parents trains to fight crime, uses gadgets and wears a costume, etc.—is so ingrained in popular culture that the last few Batman movies…
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Beyoncé Should Win All the Grammys This Weekend, but It Won’t Make Up for How This Show Treats Black Women and Black Art
On its surface, when news hit of Beyoncé leading the 2017 Grammy Awards with nine nominations, it read as nothing short of a win for the behemoth pop star. The Houston native has scored nods in the three big categories: Album of the Year, for her sixth studio offering, Lemonade; and Song of the Year…